PSY 447LEC Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Reminiscence Bump, Earworm, Pattern Recognition
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Melody: collection of notes that form a musical phrase. Harmony: group of pitches that support or accompany a melody. One of the most salient aspects for identifying a song. Bottom-up and top-down processing: what makes a song popular. Shape of a melody as it rises and falls in pitch. Contour as an important mnemonic cue for melody reconstruction. Potential of a song to be the next hit. Contour and inmis: what features of a song make it more likely to become an earworm (inmi)? (jakubowski, 2017) Use of uncommon slope between pivot points in melody (1st level) Use of melodic contour common in group (2nd level)
