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pitch helix: a standalone construct

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pitch helix1 CONSTRUCTPitch helixSHEPARD · MUSIC PSYCHOLOGY

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Music psychology

a model representing pitch on a spiral that combines rising tone height with the circular repetition of pitch class at the octave.

In music psychology, pitch helix refers to a model representing pitch on a spiral that combines rising tone height with the circular repetition of pitch class at the octave. This meaning comes from Shepard (1982) in Psychological Review.[1]

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References

  1. Shepard, R. N. (1982). Geometrical approximations to the structure of musical pitch. Psychological Review, 89(4), 305-333. https://doi.org/10.1037/0033-295x.89.4.305

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