Consonance and Dissonance of Simultaneous Trichords in Western Music: A Listening Experiment to Test Models of Harmonicity and Roughness

Previous empirical studies have suggested that the perceived consonance/dissonance (C/D) of a musical chord depends on its psychoacoustic smoothness (lack of roughness), spectral harmonicity (perceptual fusion), and/or musical familiarity. We tested the dependence of C/D on smoothness and harmonici...

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Main Authors: Richard Parncutt, Isabelle Engel, Lazar Radovanovic
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Rijeka 2023-04-01
Series:Psychological Topics
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Online Access:https://www.pt.ffri.hr/pt/article/view/876