..., the pitch class distribution at stable metric temporal positions agreed more with the tonal hierarchy than at less metrically stable locations. This tonal-metric hierarchy was largely consistent across composers, time signatures, and modes. The existence, profile, and constancy of the tonal-metric hierarchy...

...Justin Pierre Bachorik; Marc Bangert; Psyche Loui; Kevin Larke; Jeff Berger; Robert Rowe; Gottfried Schlaug MUSIC ELICITS PROFOUND EMOTIONS; HOWEVER, THE time-course of these emotional responses during listening sessions is unclear. We investigated the length of time required for participants...

... is typically expressed by a deficit in perceiving musical pitch but not musical time. © 2008 By the Regents of the University of California Congenital amusia on-line test tone deafness pitch time On-line Identification of Congenital Amusia 331 ON-LINE IDENTIFICATION OF CONGENITAL AMUSIA ISABELLE...