“…For example, according to Schenker (1935Schenker ( /1979, "all rhythm in music comes from counterpoint and only from counterpoint," and Everett (2000) states that "pitch relationships are of central importance, forming the core of the structure, the identity, and even many of the expressive capabilities of pop-rock music." Empirical work demonstrates that pitch is the fundamental organizing principal for musical memory (Dowling, 1978;Hébert & Peretz, 1997), recognition (Dowling & Fujitani, 1971;White, 1960), similarity judgments (Cousineau, Demany, & Pressnitzer, 2009;Eerola, Järvinen, Louhivuori, & Toiviainen, 2001), segmentation (Dawe, Platt, & Racine, 1993, 1994, perceived stability (Bigand, 1997), and the overall formation of a mental representation of music (Krumhansl, 2000).…”