Traditionally, pitch variation in a sound stream has been integral to music identity. We
attempt to expand music's definition, by demonstrating that the neural code for musicality is …

Because humans lack a sensory vocabulary for auditory experiences, timbral qualities of
sounds are often conceptualized and communicated through readily available sensory …

While absolute pitch (AP)—the ability to name musical pitches globally and without
reference—is rare in expert musicians, anecdotal evidence suggests that some musicians …

The main objective of this study is to understand how timbre semantic associations—for
example, a sound's timbre perceived as bright, rough, or hollow—vary with register and pitch …

It has been argued that the relative position of spectral envelopes along the frequency axis
serves as a cue for musical instrument size (eg, violin vs viola) and that the shape of the …

Melody and harmony are important concepts in music. Melody refers to the tone and rhythm
[1], while harmony is the use of chords or tones together [2]. They work together to create a …

The human brain has the task of binding successive sounds produced by the same acoustic
source into a coherent perceptual stream, and binding must be selective when several …

Changes in the frequency content of sounds over time are arguably the most basic form of
information about the behavior of sound-emitting objects. In perceptual studies, such …

Abstract Information in speech and music is often conveyed through changes in fundamental
frequency (f0), perceived by humans as “relative pitch”. Relative pitch judgments are …

Several computer systems have been designed for music emotion research that aim to
identify how different structural or expressive cues of music influence the emotions conveyed …