Re: [cm] Categorical perception experiment

> This is in part a kind of experiment in categorical
> perception,
> the way that people may place intervals in certain familiar
> categories.
>
> Any comments you might have about the kinds of intervals or
> "concord/discord" patterns you might hear in these pieces
> would be
> most welcome.

Hi Margo!

By the way, I only can download 45 seconds of each
song (this is the typical yahoo situation for me) so
these comments only apply to the first 3/4 minute of
each piece.

First here are my wife's comments:

14th C improv is "Cute. I like it. It sounds like it
has that medievally thing happening." How about the
tuning? "It sounds fine. It's a little bit different
but doesn't sound weird or anything."

Chowning improv is "The first part was annoying. I
guess she was just playing with the tones. Dee, doo,
dee, doo, dee, doo dee ... dah dum dah dum dah dum dah.
Not as interesting as the first."

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Here are mine:

On first listen, I found the 14th to be more odd in
tuning that Chowning -- the Chowning piece sounded more
conventional to me.

On second listen, the tunings normalized to my ears
(this is what usually happens for me). I liked the
cadences in the 14th piece. All the chord progressions
in both pieces I found to be striking and of great
interest as they 'tickled' my ears. I like what you are
doing in these pieces.

- Jeff