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categorical perception of musical intervals: a standalone construct

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Music psychology

the tendency of trained musicians to sort melodic intervals into discrete categories, discriminating sizes across category boundaries better than within them.

In music psychology, categorical perception of musical intervals refers to the tendency of trained musicians to sort melodic intervals into discrete categories, discriminating sizes across category boundaries better than within them. This meaning comes from Burns (1978) in The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America.[1]

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Burns, E. M., & Ward, W. D. (1978). Categorical perception: phenomenon or epiphenomenon: Evidence from experiments in the perception of melodic musical intervals. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 63(2), 456-468. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.381737

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