Expectancies generated by melodic intervals: evaluation of principles of melodic implication in a melody-completion task

Author(s): Cuddy, L. L., Plaus, C.

Journal/Book: Percept Psychophys. 1997; 59: 1069-76.

Abstract: Bottom-up principles of melodic implication (Narmour, 1990) were evaluated in a melody-completion task. One hundred subjects (50 low training; 50 high training in music) were presented each of eight melodic intervals. For each interval, the subjects were asked to compose a short melody on a piano keyboard, treating the interval provided as the first two notes of the melody. For each melody, the first response--the note immediately following the initial interval-- was analyzed. Multinomial log linear analyses were conducted to assess the extent to which responses could be predicted by Narmour's (1990, 1992) bottom-up principles. Support was found for all of Narmour's principles, and two additional predictors based on implied tonal structure. Responses of low- and high-training groups were similar.

Keyword(s): Adolescence. Adult. Auditory Perception. Comparative Study. Female. Human. Male. Middle Age. Music. Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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