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ISBN: 1280608102 9786610608102 0387289585 0387234721 1441920110 Year: 2005 Volume: v. 24 Publisher: New York, NY : Springer,
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Although pitch has been considered an important area of auditory research since the birth of modern acoustics in the 19th century, some of the most significant developments in our understanding of this phenomenon have occurred comparatively recently. In auditory physiology, researchers are now identifying cells in the brainstem and cortex that may be involved in the derivation of pitch. In auditory psychophysics, dramatic developments over the last several years have changed our understanding of temporal pitch mechanisms, and of the roles of resolved and unresolved harmonics. Computational modeling has provided new insights into the biological algorithms that may underlie pitch perception. Modern brain imaging techniques have suggested possible cortical locations for pitch mechanisms. This timely volume presents recent findings, while emphasizing their relation to the discoveries of the past. It brings together insights from several different methodological areas: physiology, psychophysics, comparative, imaging, etc., in addressing a single scientific problem. Pitch perception can be regarded as one of the main problems of hearing, and the multidisciplinary approach of the book provides a valuable reference source for graduate students and academics. Christopher J. Plack is Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Essex, U.K. Andrew J. Oxenham is a Principal Research Scientist of the Research Laboratory of Electronics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA. Richard R. Fay is Director of the Parmly Hearing Institute and Professor of Psychology at Loyola University of Chicago. Arthur N. Popper is Professor in the Department of Biology and Co-Director of the Center for Comparative and Evolutionary Biology of Hearing at the University of Maryland, College Park.
Auditory perception. --- Musical pitch. --- Pitch, Musical --- Music --- Sound perception --- Hearing --- Perception --- Word deafness --- Acoustics and physics --- Neurobiology. --- Neurosciences. --- Human physiology. --- Otorhinolaryngology. --- Human Physiology. --- Ear, nose, and throat diseases --- ENT diseases --- Otorhinolaryngology --- Medicine --- Neural sciences --- Neurological sciences --- Neuroscience --- Medical sciences --- Nervous system --- Human biology --- Physiology --- Human body --- Neurosciences
ISBN: 128033729X 9786610337293 184628113X 1852337974 1849969221 Year: 2005 Publisher: London : Springer,
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Tuning, Timbre, Spectrum, Scale focuses on perceptions ofconsonance and dissonance, and how these are dependent on timbre. This alsorelates to musical scale: certain timbres sound more consonant in some scalesthan others. Sensory consonance and the ability to measure it have importantimplications for the design of audio devices and for musical theory andanalysis. Applications include methods of adapting sounds for arbitrary scales,ways to specify scales for nonharmonic sounds, and techniques of soundmanipulation based on maximizing (or minimizing) consonance. Specialconsideration is given here to a new method of adaptive tuning that canautomatically adjust the tuning of a piece based its timbral character so as tominimize dissonance. Audio examples illustrating the ideas presented areprovided for free on the Springer Extras website (http://extras.springer.com). Thisunique analysis of sound and scale will be of interest to physicists andengineers working in acoustics, as well as to musicians and psychologists .
Sound. --- Tuning. --- Tone color (Music) --- Musical intervals and scales. --- Psychoacoustics. --- Music --- Acoustics and physics. --- Psychophysics --- Sound --- Intervals (Music) --- Modes, Musical --- Musical modes --- Musical scales and intervals --- Scales (Music) --- Music theory --- Musical temperament --- Timbre (Music) --- Tone quality --- Musical acoustics --- Physics --- Monochord --- Musical pitch --- Acoustics --- Continuum mechanics --- Mathematical physics --- Pneumatics --- Radiation --- Wave-motion, Theory of --- Modes --- Acoustics and physics --- Electronics. --- Engineering. --- Neurosciences. --- Physiology --- Acoustics. --- Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation. --- Engineering, general. --- Physiological, Cellular and Medical Topics. --- Signal, Image and Speech Processing. --- Mathematics. --- Construction --- Industrial arts --- Technology --- Electrical engineering --- Physical sciences --- Animal physiology --- Animals --- Biology --- Anatomy --- Neural sciences --- Neurological sciences --- Neuroscience --- Medical sciences --- Nervous system --- 78.86.1 --- Microelectronics. --- Biomathematics. --- Signal processing. --- Image processing. --- Speech processing systems. --- Computational linguistics --- Electronic systems --- Information theory --- Modulation theory --- Oral communication --- Speech --- Telecommunication --- Singing voice synthesizers --- Pictorial data processing --- Picture processing --- Processing, Image --- Imaging systems --- Optical data processing --- Processing, Signal --- Information measurement --- Signal theory (Telecommunication) --- Mathematics --- Microminiature electronic equipment --- Microminiaturization (Electronics) --- Electronics --- Microtechnology --- Semiconductors --- Miniature electronic equipment
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