TY - JOUR
T1 - Expectancies generated by melodic intervals
T2 - Evaluation of principles of melodic implication in a melody-completion task
AU - Thompson, William Forde
AU - Cuddy, Lola L.
AU - Plaus, Cheryl
PY - 1997/10
Y1 - 1997/10
N2 - Bottom-up principles of melodic implication (Narmour, 1990) were evaluated in a melody-completion task. One hundred subjects (50 low training; 50 high training in music) were presented each of eight melodic intervals. For each interval, the subjects were asked to compose a short melody on a piano keyboard, treating the interval provided as the first two notes of the melody. For each melody the first response - the note immediately following the initial interval - was analyzed. Multinomial log linear analyses were conducted to assess the extent to which responses could be predicted by Narmour's (1990, 1992) bottom-up principles. Support was found for all of Narmour's principles, and two additional predictors based on implied tonal structure. Responses of low- and high-training groups were similar.
AB - Bottom-up principles of melodic implication (Narmour, 1990) were evaluated in a melody-completion task. One hundred subjects (50 low training; 50 high training in music) were presented each of eight melodic intervals. For each interval, the subjects were asked to compose a short melody on a piano keyboard, treating the interval provided as the first two notes of the melody. For each melody the first response - the note immediately following the initial interval - was analyzed. Multinomial log linear analyses were conducted to assess the extent to which responses could be predicted by Narmour's (1990, 1992) bottom-up principles. Support was found for all of Narmour's principles, and two additional predictors based on implied tonal structure. Responses of low- and high-training groups were similar.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 9360479
AN - SCOPUS:0031243592
VL - 59
SP - 1069
EP - 1076
JO - Attention, Perception and Psychophysics
JF - Attention, Perception and Psychophysics
SN - 1943-393X
IS - 7
ER -