Simultaneous consonance is a salient perceptual phenomenon corresponding to the
perceived pleasantness of simultaneously sounding musical tones. Various competing …

The scientific and methodological background of creation and development of the distance
learning courses for the future music teachers is substantiated. The components and …

There is much debate about the existence and function of neural oscillatory mechanisms in
the auditory system. The frequency-following response (FFR) is an index of neural …

The perception of consonance/dissonance of musical harmonies is strongly correlated with
their periodicity. This is shown in this article by consistently applying recent results from …

Introduction The electrophysiological responses obtained with the complex auditory
brainstem response (cABR) provide objective measures of subcortical processing of speech …

Much of the world's music is tonal music—music that uses combinations and sequences of
pitched sounds to produce its effects on listeners. This chapter describes basic properties of …

Simultaneous consonance is a salient perceptual phenomenon corresponding to the
perceived pleasantness of simultaneously sounding musical tones. Various competing …

It is well-known that during the hearing process in the ear and in the brain an acoustic
stimulus, eg a musical harmony, is transformed in a highly non-linear way. This can be …

Tension-resolution patterns seem to play a dominant role in shaping our emotional
experience of music. In traditional Western music, these patterns are mainly expressed …

Harmony is a fundamental structuring principle in Western music, determining how
simultaneously occurring musical notes combine to form chords, and how successions of …