The Psychophysics of Harmony Perception: Harmony is a Three-Tone Phenomenon

In line with musical “common sense” (but contrary to the century-old tradition of musical psychophysics), we show that harmony is an inherently three-tone phenomenon. Previous attempts at explaining the affective response to major/minor chords and resolved/unresolved chords on the basis of the summa...

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Main Authors: Norman D. Cook, Takashi X. Fujisawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Ohio State University Libraries 2006-09-01
Series:Empirical Musicology Review
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Online Access:https://kb.osu.edu/dspace/handle/1811/24080