Experiments on long-term and short-term memory for pitch in musicians

• Autorzy: Rakowski A. , Rogowski P.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

A series of experiments on the memory for pitch was performed with 18 musicians. They had to pass a pitch-naming and a newly-designed pitch-producing test meant to check their passive and active absolute-pitch ability. On that ground two of them, who revealed faultless, full absolute pitch and one who had most typical relative (non-absolute) pitch, were selected to take part in a case-study-type experiment on short-term memory for pitch. The experiment partly confirmed the previous finding (RAKOWSKI, [5]) of the about 2-minute time range for short-term pitch memory in relative-pitch listeners. It also explained cases in which absolute pitch possessors, when required to repeat after short-term delay an external pitch standard, either use for that purpose their authentic short-term memory for pitch, or rather relay on comparisons with their absolute-pitch standards.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

pitch; absolute pitch; relative pitch; chroma; short-term memory

• Wydawca: Instytut Podstawowych Problemów Techniki PAN ; Komitet Akustyki PAN ; Polskie Towarzystwo Akustyczne
• Czasopismo: Archives of Acoustics
• Rocznik: 2007
• Tom: Vol. 32, No. 4
• Strony: 815--826
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 9 poz., rys.

Twórcy

autor

Rakowski A.

• Fryderyk Chopin Academy of Music Okólnik 2, 00-368 Warszawa, Poland
• Adam Mickiewicz University Słowackiego 20, 60-823 Poznań, Poland

autor

Rogowski P.

• Fryderyk Chopin Academy of Music Okólnik 2, 00-368 Warszawa, Poland

Bibliografia

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