Exam 13: Music Perception

Select all that apply.Western music traditions include ______.

Western music uses a tuning system in which the difference between each successive semitone is constant both in pitch and in frequency.This system is known as ______.

Marta is both a painter and a pianist.When she hears certain chords in a piece of music, she experiences color in very specific ways.For example, when she hears a minor seventh, she experiences a feeling of seeing violet.As a result, Marta often plays recorded music when she creates abstract paintings so she can paint what she "sees." Marta likely has ______.

All forms of Western music-from rap to jazz to classical-share a common scale system.

Which of the following is a feature of congenital amusia?

On a piano keyboard, the keys on the far left of the instrument are the ______.

For years, Hector has played very loud music as the drummer of a classic rock band.If he does not protect his hearing, he will most likely experience future hearing impairment at ______ frequencies.

To date, the research suggests that people with amusia do not have difficulties with other aspects of audition, such as speech perception.

Explain the difficulties that affect both cochlear implant and hearing aid users who wish to enjoy music.

A musical style that features instruments such as the tanbur and the qernête comes from ______.

One difference between Western and non-Western music is ______.

How fast music is played, the spaced pulses within it, and the temporal pattern of sound across time are all aspects of ______.

Transposition is the process of ______.

Which of the following explains why a person hears a scale that sounds like it increases in pitch continually in Shepard Tones?

Joe has begun to train rigorously in music.If researchers take a scan of his brain before he started training, and take another one after he trains for a couple of years, they will probably find ______.

Cooper suffered brain damage years ago.Since that time he has had trouble perceiving music, but can process speech and other sounds without difficulty.Cooper likely has a condition known as ______.

A flute and a piano are both playing a note with a fundamental frequency of 1138 Hz.Why do the two instruments sound different?

Plantinga and Trainor (2005) examined melody perception in 6-month-old infants.In the study, Plantinga and Trainor played particular melodies to infants numerous times over a 7-day period.They found that infants looked ______.

The perceived sound differences between sounds with the same pitch but possessing different higher harmonics is known as ______.