Intonation in a new composition in 19-tone equal temperament Richard Parncutt Department of Musicology University of Graz, Austria Graham Hair Department of Music & Centre for Music Technology Umiversity of Glasgow, Scotland Presented at CIM08, Thessaloniki
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Intonation in a new composition in 19-tone equal temperament
Richard ParncuttDepartment of MusicologyUniversity of Graz, Austria
Graham HairDepartment of Music & Centre for Music Technology
Umiversity of Glasgow, Scotland
Presented at CIM08, Thessaloniki
Musical pitch categories
• apply to both relative and absolute pitch• typical tolerance: + half category width
LiteratureBurns, E. M., & Ward, W. D. (1978). Categorical perception - phenomenon or epiphenomenon:
evidence from experiments in the perception of melodic musical intervals. Journal of the Acoustical Society of
America, 63, 456-468. Siegel, J. A., & Siegel, W. (1977). Absolute identification of notes and intervals by musicians.
Perception & Psychophysics, 21 (2), 143-152.
Data of Burns
Microtonal scales
• >12 pitch categories per octave• perceptually analogous to 12ET
Hypotheses:• category centers, widths can be learned• typical tolerance: + half category width• scalar bilingualism is possible
– retune internal representation– juxtapose two internal representations
Inspiration: Kopiez (2003)
• accompaniment: either ET or pure/just• solo: ~ET in both cases
Intonation (deviation from ET) depends on– specific interval– musical structure – instrumental limitations
Kopiez, R. (2003). Intonation of harmonic intervals: Adaptability of expert musicians to equal temperament and just intonation. Music Perception, 20, 383-410.
– easiest microtonal system to perceive and perform
Mandelbaum, J. (1961). Multiple division of the octave and the tonal resources of 19-tone temperament. Unpublished PhD Dissertation, University of Indiana.