Listeners can discriminate among major chord positions

Journal/Book: Percept Mot Skills. 1998; 87: PO Box 9229, Missoula, MT 59807, USA. Perceptual Motor Skills. 891-897.

Abstract: Listeners judged whether two sequentially presented major chords were the same. When both chords were based on the same root, listeners discriminated between different chord positions, e.g., root position, first inversion, second inversion. The ability of listeners to discriminate between chord positions suggests that harmonic equivalence of different chord positions does nor depend on perceptual equivalence and instead arises from a more cognitive representation.

Note: Article Hubbard TL, Texas Christian Univ, Dept Psychol, TCU Box 298920, Ft Worth,TX 76129 USA

Keyword(s): ABSOLUTE PITCH; MUSICAL PITCH; RECOGNITION

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