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melodic contour: a standalone construct

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Music psychology

the pattern of ups and downs in pitch across a melody, stored in memory partly separately from exact intervals and scale.

In music psychology, melodic contour refers to the pattern of ups and downs in pitch across a melody, stored in memory partly separately from exact intervals and scale. This meaning comes from Dowling (1978) in Psychological Review.[1]

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References

Dowling, W. J. (1978). Scale and contour: Two components of a theory of memory for melodies. Psychological Review, 85(4), 341-354. https://doi.org/10.1037/0033-295x.85.4.341

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