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Melodic Organization
• Three facts about melody
• Melody is ubiquitous
• Melody is robust
• Can rank melodies on various psychological dimensions
Melodic Grouping and Gestalt Principles of Organization
• Can divide organizational processes into two groups
• How are independent elements combined to form separate groupings?
• How are higher order abstractions derived from such groupings?
Gestalt Principles of Organization
Melodic Grouping and Gestalt Principles of Organization
• Can divide organizational processes into two groups
• How are independent elements combined to form separate groupings?
• How are higher order abstractions derived from such groupings?
Grouping of Sequences of Single Tones
• What are the aspects that drive groupings of single tones?
• Grouping by pitch proximity
• Pseudopolophony
Grouping by Pitch Proximity
Temporal coherence and the
fission boundary
60 ms, 1 semitone: 90 ms, 1 semitone:
90 ms, 5 semitone: 90 ms, 12 semitones:
150 ms, 12 semi: 150 ms, 17, semi:
Temporal Coherence Boundary
Fission Boundary
Grouping of Sequences of Multiple Tones
• The Scale Illusion (Deutsch, 1974, 1975)
Grouping of Sequences of Multiple Tones
The Scale Illusion, variant
Grouping of Sequences of Multiple Tones
The Scale Illusion (Butler, 1979)
Grouping of Sequences of Multiple Tones
The Scale Illusion
Tschaikowsky, 6th Symphony
Grouping of Sequences of Multiple Tones
Grouping by spatial location
The Octave Illusion (Deutsch, 1974)
Grouping of Sequences of Multiple Tones
Interleaved melodies
Dowling (1973)
Three Blind Mice
Mary Had A Little Lamb
Combined
Higher-Order Pitch Abstractions
Complex melody transformations
Schoenberg (1951)
Melodic Contour
Sample melodic contours
Dowling
Models of Melodic Contour
Friedmann (1985)
1 2 3 5 4 0 1 4 2 3 5 0
Friedmann:
Models of Melodic Contour
Marvin & Laprade (1987)
1 2 3 5 4 0 1 4 2 3 5 0
Marvin & Laprade:
Models of Melodic Contour, con’t
Quinn (1999)
Models of Melodic Contour, con’t
Quinn (1999)
Models of Melodic Contour, con’t
Schmuckler (1999)
Models of Melodic Contour, con’t
Schmuckler (1999)
Models of Melodic Contour, con’t
Schmuckler (1999)