Rhythm contour drives musical memory. Schmuckler, M. A. & Moranis, R. In Future Directions of Music Cognition, December, 2021. The Ohio State University Libraries.
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Two experiments examined listeners' use of contour information to drive memory for rhythmic patterns; these experiments were distinguished by the use of metric rhythms (Experiment 1) and ametric rhythms (Experiment 2). Both experiments employed a typical short-term memory task in which listeners heard a standard rhythm followed by a comparison rhythm. Comparison rhythms could be one of three types: an exact repetition of the standard rhythm, a same contour rhythm in which the relative durations of successive notes were comparable to the standard, and a different contour rhythm in which the relative durations of successive notes were modified relative to the standard. Analyses of d primes for same/different detection revealed that, for both studies, listeners performed better when the comparisons had different rhythm contours, relative to comparisons with the same rhythm contours. These findings converge with results investigating melodic contour, and suggest that listeners both form and use contours of novel rhythmic patterns.
@InProceedings{    schmuckler.ea2021-rhythm,
    author       = {Schmuckler, Mark A. and Moranis, Rebecca},
    year         = {2021},
    title        = {Rhythm contour drives musical memory},
    url          = {https://kb.osu.edu/handle/1811/93166},
    doi          = {10.18061/FDMC.2021.0045},
    abstract     = {Two experiments examined listeners' use of contour
                   information to drive memory for rhythmic patterns; these
                   experiments were distinguished by the use of metric
                   rhythms (Experiment 1) and ametric rhythms (Experiment 2).
                   Both experiments employed a typical short-term memory task
                   in which listeners heard a standard rhythm followed by a
                   comparison rhythm. Comparison rhythms could be one of
                   three types: an exact repetition of the standard rhythm, a
                   same contour rhythm in which the relative durations of
                   successive notes were comparable to the standard, and a
                   different contour rhythm in which the relative durations
                   of successive notes were modified relative to the
                   standard. Analyses of d primes for same/different
                   detection revealed that, for both studies, listeners
                   performed better when the comparisons had different rhythm
                   contours, relative to comparisons with the same rhythm
                   contours. These findings converge with results
                   investigating melodic contour, and suggest that listeners
                   both form and use contours of novel rhythmic patterns.},
    language     = {en},
    urldate      = {2022-08-21},
    booktitle    = {Future {Directions} of {Music} {Cognition}},
    publisher    = {The Ohio State University Libraries},
    tags         = {music contour},
    month        = dec
}

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