Number 13 / Part I. Music. 7. Grounds of Absolute Pitch Development in Yamaha Music School

Development of Pitch and Music Perception

Music, like language, is found in all known human societies, past and present, and although music has some precursors that can be found in other species, it is a defi ning characteristic of the human species (Wallin et al. 2000 ) . Although the perception of music has multisensory aspects (Thompson et al. 2005 ; Phillips-Silver and Trainor 2007 ) , it is based in sound. The vibrations that give...

Cross-cultural comparisons of absolute pitch and relative pitch in music students in different countries

Absolute pitch (AP) is commonly known to be an extremely rare and highly valuable musical ability. However, there are a few reports indicating that AP is relatively prevalent among musicians in East Asia (China and Japan) compared to the West (Deutsch et al., 2006, 2013; Miyazaki et al., 2012). More evidence is needed to shed more light on the prevalence of AP among different countries. On the ...

The music of speech: music training facilitates pitch processing in both music and language.

The main aim of the present experiment was to determine whether extensive musical training facilitates pitch contour processing not only in music but also in language. We used a parametric manipulation of final notes' or words' fundamental frequency (F0), and we recorded behavioral and electrophysiological data to examine the precise time course of pitch processing. We compared professional mus...

Social Context and Absolute Music

Pitch Gestures in Generative Modeling of Music

Generative models of music are in need of performance and gesture additions, i.e. inclusions of subtle temporal and dynamic alterations, and gestures so as to render the music musical. While much of the research regarding music generation is based on music theory, the work presented here is based on the temporal perception, which is divided into three parts, the immediate (subchunk), the short-...