Re: [AUDITORY] Numerical perceptual ratings for consonant and dissonant pitch intervals

[Gavin Bidelman <gmbdlman@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ani, 

We've published several papers on empirical consonance ratings (based on paired comparisons) for dyads and triads (see below). The 2013 Frontiers review (Fig. 1, adapted from Schwarz et al 2003) would be particularly relevant, since it provides a meta-analysis of ratings going back to the late 1890s. 

Papers available here: http://www.memphis.edu/acnl/publications/

Bidelman, G. M. (2013). The role of the auditory brainstem in processing musically-relevant pitch. Frontiers in Psychology, 4(264), 1-13.

Cousineau, M., Bidelman, G. M., Peretz, I., & Lehmann, A. (2015). On the relevance of natural stimuli for the study of brainstem correlates: The example of consonance perception. PLoS ONE, 10(12), e0145439.

Bidelman, G. M., & Grall, J. (2014). Functional organization for musical consonance and tonal pitch hierarchy in human auditory cortex. NeuroImage, 101(0), 204-214.

Bidelman, G. M., & Krishnan, A. (2009). Neural correlates of consonance, dissonance, and the hierarchy of musical pitch in the human brainstem. Journal of Neuroscience, 29(42), 13165-13171.

Bidelman, G. M., & Krishnan, A. (2011). Brainstem correlates of behavioral and compositional preferences of musical harmony. Neuroreport, 22(5), 212-216.

Best,   

Gavin M. Bidelman, PhD 
Assistant Professor

University of Memphis  Institute for Intelligent Systems School of Comm. Sciences and Disorders  4055 North Park Loop  Memphis, TN 38152 901.678.5826 | www.memphis.edu/acnl

On Mon, May 14, 2018 at 8:40 PM, Patel, Aniruddh D. <a.patel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Dear List,

 

I’m looking for published numerical perceptual ratings of consonant and dissonant pitch intervals from Western tonal music.  An example of such ratings (from McDermott, Lehr, and Oxenham 2010, Current Biology) is in Figure 1a on this page:

http://mcdermottlab.mit.edu/consonance_examples/index.html

 

I’m interested in numerical ratings for pitch dyads (e.g., minor second, perfect fifth) made from synthetic harmonic complex tones or real musical instrument tones, not pure tones.  Ideally the ratings would include all dyadic pitch intervals between 1 and 11 semitones in size.

 

McDermott et al. 2010 report such data in their Figure 1a, but surely there are earlier papers?  Any history buffs out there know the earliest such paper?

Thanks,

Ani Patel

 

Aniruddh D. Patel

Professor, Dept. of Psychology, Tufts University

 

Senior Fellow, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR)

Azrieli Program in Brain, Mind, & Consciousness

 

http://ase.tufts.edu/psychology/people/patel/