Absolute pitch (AP) is the ability to identify a tone's pitch or to produce a tone at a particular
pitch without the use of an external reference pitch. AP exists in varying degrees among …

Periodic envelope fluctuations are a common feature of acoustic communication signals,
and as a result of physical constraints, many natural, nonliving sound sources also produce …

This fully updated and revised sixth edition of Hearing: An Introduction to Psychological and
Physiological Acoustics provides a comprehensive introduction for graduate students and …

This far-ranging book shows how human memory influences the organization of music. The
book is divided into two parts. The first part presents basic ideas about memory and …

Musical pitch perception is argued to result from nonmusical biological constraints and thus
to have similar characteristics across cultures, but its universality remains unclear. We …

The traditional rules of voice-leading in Western music are explicated using experimentally
established perceptual principles. Six core principles are shown to account for the majority …

The relative importance of neural temporal and place coding in auditory perception is still a
matter of much debate. The current article is a compilation of viewpoints from leading …

This chapter discusses models of pitch, old and recent. The aim is to chart their common
points—many are variations on a theme—and differences, and build a catalog of ideas for …

Perception is thought to be shaped by the environments for which organisms are optimized.
These influences are difficult to test in biological organisms but may be revealed by machine …

Humans' ability to recognize musical melodies is generally limited to pure-tone frequencies
below 4 or 5 kHz. This limit coincides with the highest notes on modern musical instruments …