January 2018

Perceiving patterns of ratios when they are converted from relative durations to melody and from cross rhythms to harmony

This research aims to study the perception of relative durational and cross-rhythm patterns when they are converted into melodic or harmonic patterns. Twenty-four international students from Groningen conservatoire were given twenty- four trials; twelve deals with their melodic/harmonic perception ability and the other twelve deals with the ability to perceive the converted rhythmical patterns. The purpose of the...

Author(s): Aggelos Bousmpouras