Timbre Saliency, the attention-capturing quality of timbre

This dissertation proposes a new concept of timbre saliency as the attention-capturing quality of timbre and investigates its effects on the blending of concurrent notes and on the perceptual segregation of voices in counterpoint music. As this is the first effort to consider attentional factors in...

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Main Author: Chon, Song Hui
Other Authors: Stephen McAdams (Supervisor)
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: McGill University 2013
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Online Access:http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=119572