The Cognitive Process of Musical Pitch by Absoluute-Pitch Listeners
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09610073
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
実験系心理学
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| Research Institution | Niigata University |
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Principal Investigator |
MIYAZAKI Ken'ichi Niigata University Faculty of Humanities Professor, 人文学部, 教授 (90133579)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1997 – 1998
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 1998)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000)
Fiscal Year 1998: ¥600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000)
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| Keywords | Absolute Pitch / Musical Pitch / Relative Pitch / Melody Recognition / Tonality / 音楽知覚 / 音楽経験 / 音楽能力 |
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| Research Abstract |
Absolute pitch (NP) is referred to as the faculty for identifying or producing musical pitch without recourse to any reference tones, and is believed to be highly advantageous in various musical activities. For example, by using AP, its possessors are presumably able to hear in mind pitches of notes presented in notation and to produce them very accurately. In spite of such advantages, it is suspected that AP acquired in early childhood can inhibit full development of relative pitch, and some NP possessors who have a tendency to rely on AP may fail to recognise pitch relations in certain situations. The present experiment was conducted to reveal such a possible disadvantageous aspect of Al? using music students in Poland and Japan as participants. Subjects heard a standard melody presented visually in notation and a comparison melody presented auditorily and judged whether these two melodies were same or different. The standard melody was always notated in the G major key and the comparison melody was presented in either the G major, out-of-tune E major, or F#ﾟC major key. The results showed that subjects lacking Al? performed equally well in every key condition as expected from the principle of equivalence under transposition. In contrast, a considerable number of subjects with Al? showed a marked decline in performance when the comparison melodies were presented in the transposed key contexts. This finding suggests that AP listeners may have difficulty in recognising pitch relations in melodies.
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