PSYCH 2MP3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Roger Shepard, Pitch Interval, Fundamental Frequency
10 Mar 2020
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Case of 61 year old canadian man gl" (1993): Said he couldn"t pick out familiar music and didn"t enjoy listening to it anymore: couldn"t recognize tunes, nor popular musical excerpts (such as the national anthem) Aneurysm on right side of brain: diagnosed with wenicke"s aphasia and amusia (the loss of language comprehension and music ability, respectively) Difficulty identifying whether two melodies that differed by one pitch were the same or different. Unable to identify whether a melody was complete (ending on the tonic) or incomplete. Melody: a sequence of pitches that sound like they belong together, formed by, pitch. More than about high vs. low in the context of a melody: rather, it becomes multidimensional and nonlinear. What does multidimensional mean: roger shepard: said musical pitches may be based on 5 dimensions, two important ones: pitch height and pitch chroma. Pitch height: the frequency of vibration.
