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Document Type
Research
Abstract
Tuned intervals were paired with each member of a series of mistuned intervals and the subjects were asked to indicate which interval they preferred. The tuned intervals were those with the simple arithmetic ratios of the natural scale. The series of mistuned intervals, both flat and sharp, extended approximately half way to the next simple-ratio interval. Pure tones from beat frequency oscillators were used and the exact interval was tuned by means of Lissajous' figures on a cathode ray oscillograph. Mistuning, in terms of vibrations from the standard, was accomplished by the use of a variable pitch condenser.
Publication Date
1937
Journal Title
Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science
Volume
44
Issue
1
First Page
160
Last Page
161
Copyright
©1937 Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Tuthill, Curtis
(1937)
"Interval Preference,"
Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 44(1), 160-161.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pias/vol44/iss1/74