Plomp-Sethares citation

hi Paul.

I've been reading Plomp's writings on the perception of pitch in
complex tones, but can't find his work on the dissonance of intervals
and chords--which is what I assume you're refering to, when you
describe your theory of harmonic entropy as a response to the "Plomp-
Sethares theory". Are there any relavant articles on line? (At UC
Berkeley, the materials are checked out.)

thanks, Kelly

--- In harmonic_entropy@yahoogroups.com, "traktus5" <kj4321@h...> wrote:

> hi Paul.
>
> I've been reading Plomp's writings on the perception of pitch in
> complex tones, but can't find his work on the dissonance of intervals
> and chords--which is what I assume you're refering to, when you
> describe your theory of harmonic entropy as a response to the "Plomp-
> Sethares theory".

Yes. Plomp and Levelt were the original authors of the relevant paper
in this area, which Sethares and others took up in their way later.

> Are there any relavant articles on line?

Searching the web never hurt, but you can't always trust secondary
sources.

>(At UC
> Berkeley, the materials are checked out.)
>
> thanks, Kelly

I think you should wait for the materials to be returned to the
library, or try a different library. Better yet, just get the latest
edition of Sethares's book, which comes with a CD so you'll have some
audible demonstrations to listen to.