Expectancies generated by melodic intervals: Evaluation of principles of melodic implication in a melody-completion task

William Forde Thompson; Lola L. Cuddy; Cheryl Plaus

Expectancies generated by melodic intervals

Evaluation of principles of melodic implication in a melody-completion task

William Forde Thompson^*, Lola L. Cuddy, Cheryl Plaus

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1069-1076
Number of pages	8
Journal	Perception and Psychophysics
Volume	59
Issue number	7
Publication status	Published - Oct 1997
Externally published	Yes

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Thompson, W. F., Cuddy, L. L., & Plaus, C. (1997). Expectancies generated by melodic intervals: Evaluation of principles of melodic implication in a melody-completion task. Perception and Psychophysics, 59(7), 1069-1076.

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