Re: [tuning] Tunings and cognition

Dante!
Boomsliter and Creel found that individuals heard in melodies extended frame of reference,
temporary commatic shifts to other keys centers even in simple melodies, greensleves etc. JI
is used in more pure melodic contexts than in harmonic ones around the world. JI gives new
melodic possibilities where the stresses and pulls between tones take on new meaning
especially when using limits higher than 5.

Rosati wrote:

> I was surprised by this:
>
> "Rasch's study (1985) of large sequences of simultaneous tones found that
> mistuning of the intervals of the melody was more disturbing than mistuning
> of simultaneous intervals. This suggests that listeners compare melodic
> intervals to an abstract interval standard."
>
> from this paper:
>
> http://music.dartmouth.edu/~kov/lerdahl/tuningPaper.html
>
> I've noticed in discussions here that simultaneities are assumed to be more
> sensitive to microtuning than melodic intervals. Has anyone seen Rasch's
> study?
>
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