..., brightness of notes can vary as a function of vowel content. In the present study, we investigated whether note-to-note changes in brightness arising from vowel content influence perception of relative pitch. In Experiment 1, three-note sequences were synthesized so that they varied with regard...

..., relative pitch (RP)—an ability to perceive pitch relations—is more important in most musical contexts. In this study, music students in East Asian and Western countries (Japan, China, Poland, Germany, and USA) were tested on AP and RP abilities. In the AP test, 60 single tones were presented...

... debated whether musicians’ AP interferes with their ability to perceive tonal relationships between pitches, or relative pitch (RP). The present study tested musicians’ discrimination of relative pitch categories, or intervals , by placing absolute pitch values in conflict with relative pitch categories...

... of the University of California development infant memory absolute pitch relative pitch Infant Pitch Memory for Isolated Tones 121 INFANTS MEMORY FOR ISOLATED TONES AND THE EFFECTS OF INTERFERENCE JUDY PLANTINGA AND LAUREL J. TRAINOR McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada IN MOST ADULTS, PITCH...