Abstract:Musical intonation is a complex phenomenon. It can be broadly divided into three distinct parts: a psychoacoustic stretched tuning, a context-bound distinction of harmonic and melodic intonation, and an affective characteristic intonation. The stretched tuning, which has been verified in psychoacoustic listening experiments, where the notes above the reference (A4≈442Hz) are more up-tuned than their mathematic equal-tempered (octave ratio 2:1) counterparts and the notes below the reference are correspondingly… Show more
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