Pitch and Timbre Perception Flashcards
Spectral pitch
the pitch of a particular spectral component may
be “heard out” in a complex tone
Virtual pitch or residue pitch
the pitch of a complex tone, which may or may not correspond to a particular spectral component present in the sound
Spectral and temporal cues for pitch
Different sources of information from which to
extract pitch
Pitch salience
The strength of sensation of a pitch percept
Octave equivalence
The sensation of similarity between two pitches
separated by an octave
Pitch height
The sense of highness or lowness of pitch
Pitch chroma
The sense of identity of a pitch within an octave
Multidimensional scaling
a data analysis technique for exploring multidimensional
perceptual representations
Psychoacoustic correlates
the quantitative link between perceptual and acoustic dimensions
Spectral centroid
the center of gravity of a frequency spectrum
Attack time
the time from threshold to maximum energy at the beginning of a
sound
Spectral flux
the evolution of the spectrum over the duration of a tone
Spectral deviation
the jaggedness of the spectral envelope
Acoustic specificity
an acoustic feature unique to certain sounds
Roger Shepard
A multi dimensional model of pitch Pitch perception
the spiral thing
