Subject: [AUDITORY] Note durations in music From: "Richard M. Warren" <rmwarren@xxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:16:25 -0500 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>--Apple-Mail-8-192677637 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On Jun 14, 2013, at 11:10 AM, Smith, Nicholas A. wrote: > I misread your request--you weren't interested in average duration = broken down by pitch class. For note duration in general, Fraisse (1963, = "The Psychology of Time", p. 89), he cites his own work, though I don't = know how he arrived at these values and whether the original gives any = information about distribution. >=20 > "It will be noticed in music that the notes on which the organization = of the melodic theme is based usually vary in duration, according to the = composer and the piece, from 0.15 to 0.90 seconds (Fraisse, "Les = structures rhythmiques", 1956, p. 118)"=20 There has been an experimental determination of the range of notes/sec = required for identification of familiar melodies: Warren, Gardner, = Brubaker, and Bashford, "Melodic and Nonmelodic Sequences of Tones: = Effects of Duration on Perception, Music Perception, 1991, 8, 277-290. = The median range from 0.16 to 1.28 notes/sec was required for = recognition of familiar melodies by college students. The relation of = music to speech and other serial orders of sounds was elaborated in a = chapter entitled, "Perception of Acoustic Sequences," in R.M. Warren, = Auditory Perception, Cambridge University Press (3rd edition), 2008, pp. = 126-149. Richard M. Warren=20 Research Professor=20 and Distinguished Professor Emeritus Department of Psychology University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee PO Box 413 Milwaukee, WI 53201 (414) 229-5328 --Apple-Mail-8-192677637 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii <html><head></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; = "><div><div style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div style=3D"word-wrap: = break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: = after-white-space; "><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On Jun 14, 2013, = at 11:10 AM, Smith, Nicholas A. wrote:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div>I = misread your request--you weren't interested in average duration broken = down by pitch class. For note duration in general, Fraisse (1963, "The = Psychology of Time", p. 89), he cites his own work, though I don't know = how he arrived at these values and whether the original gives any = information about distribution.<br><br>"It will be noticed in music that = the notes on which the organization of the melodic theme is based = usually vary in duration, according to the composer and the piece, from = 0.15 to 0.90 seconds (Fraisse, "Les structures rhythmiques", 1956, p. = 118)" <br></div></blockquote></div><br></div><div><br></div><div><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 16px;">There has been an = experimental determination of the range of notes/sec required for = identification of familiar melodies: Warren, Gardner, Brubaker, = and Bashford, "Melodic and Nonmelodic Sequences of Tones: Effects of = Duration on Perception, <i>Music Perception</i>, 1991, 8, 277-290. = The median range from 0.16 to 1.28 notes/sec was required for = recognition of familiar melodies by college students. The relation = of music to speech and other serial orders of sounds was elaborated in a = chapter entitled, "Perception of Acoustic Sequences," in R.M. Warren, = <u>Auditory Perception</u>, Cambridge University Press (3rd edition), = 2008, pp. = 126-149.</span></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><b>Richard = M. Warren</b> <br>Research Professor <br> and = Distinguished Professor Emeritus<br>Department of = Psychology<br>University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee<br>PO Box = 413<br>Milwaukee, WI 53201<br>(414) = 229-5328<br></div></div></div><br></div></div><br></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-8-192677637--