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Absolute and relative pitch: Global versus local processing of chords
Absolute pitch (AP) is the ability to identify or produce notes without any reference note. An ongoing debate exists regarding the benefits or disadvantages of AP in processing music. One of the main issues in this context is whether the categorical perception of pitch in AP possessors may interfere...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3996714/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24855499 http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/v10053-008-0152-7 |
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description | Absolute pitch (AP) is the ability to identify or produce notes without any reference note. An ongoing debate exists regarding the benefits or disadvantages of AP in processing music. One of the main issues in this context is whether the categorical perception of pitch in AP possessors may interfere in processing tasks requiring relative pitch (RP). Previous studies, focusing mainly on melodic and interval perception, have obtained inconsistent results. The aim of the present study was to examine the effect of AP and RP separately, using isolated chords. Seventy-three musicians were categorized into four groups of high and low AP and RP, and were tested on two tasks: identifying chord types (Task 1), and identifying a single note within a chord (Task 2). A main effect of RP on Task 1 and an interaction between AP and RP in reaction times were found. On Task 2 main effects of AP and RP, and an interaction were found, with highest performance in participants with both high AP and RP. Results suggest that AP and RP should be regarded as two different abilities, and that AP may slow down reaction times for tasks requiring global processing. |
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spelling | pubmed-39967142014-05-22 Absolute and relative pitch: Global versus local processing of chords Ziv, Naomi Radin, Shulamit Adv Cogn Psychol Research Article Absolute pitch (AP) is the ability to identify or produce notes without any reference note. An ongoing debate exists regarding the benefits or disadvantages of AP in processing music. One of the main issues in this context is whether the categorical perception of pitch in AP possessors may interfere in processing tasks requiring relative pitch (RP). Previous studies, focusing mainly on melodic and interval perception, have obtained inconsistent results. The aim of the present study was to examine the effect of AP and RP separately, using isolated chords. Seventy-three musicians were categorized into four groups of high and low AP and RP, and were tested on two tasks: identifying chord types (Task 1), and identifying a single note within a chord (Task 2). A main effect of RP on Task 1 and an interaction between AP and RP in reaction times were found. On Task 2 main effects of AP and RP, and an interaction were found, with highest performance in participants with both high AP and RP. Results suggest that AP and RP should be regarded as two different abilities, and that AP may slow down reaction times for tasks requiring global processing. University of Finance and Management in Warsaw 2014-02-20 /pmc/articles/PMC3996714/ /pubmed/24855499 http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/v10053-008-0152-7 Text en Copyright: © 2014 University of Finance and Management in Warsaw http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Ziv, Naomi Radin, Shulamit Absolute and relative pitch: Global versus local processing of chords |
title | Absolute and relative pitch: Global versus local processing of
chords |
title_full | Absolute and relative pitch: Global versus local processing of
chords |
title_fullStr | Absolute and relative pitch: Global versus local processing of
chords |
title_full_unstemmed | Absolute and relative pitch: Global versus local processing of
chords |
title_short | Absolute and relative pitch: Global versus local processing of
chords |
title_sort | absolute and relative pitch: global versus local processing of
chords |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3996714/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24855499 http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/v10053-008-0152-7 |
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