Musical style affects the strength of harmonic expectancy

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dc.contributor.authorVuvan, Dominique T.
dc.date.accessioned2021-06-15T21:55:16Z
dc.date.available2021-06-15T21:55:16Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.descriptionOpen access article. Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0) appliesen_US
dc.description.abstractResearch in music perception has typically focused on common-practice music (tonal music from the Western European tradition, ca. 1750–1900) as a model of Western musical structure. However, recent research indicates that different styles within Western tonal music may follow distinct harmonic syntaxes. The current study investigated whether listeners can adapt their harmonic expectations when listening to different musical styles. In two experiments, listeners were presented with short musical excerpts that primed either rock or classical music, followed by a timbre-matched cadence. Results from both experiments indicated that listeners prefer V-I cadences over bVII-I cadences within a classical context, but that this preference is significantly diminished in a rock context. Our findings provide empirical support for the idea that different musical styles do employ different harmonic syntaxes. Furthermore, listeners are not only sensitive to these differences, but are able to adapt their expectations depending on the listening context.en_US
dc.description.peer-reviewYesen_US
dc.identifier.citationVuvan, D. T., & Hughes, B. (2019). Musical style affects the strength of harmonic expectancy. Music & Science, 2, 1-9.https://doi.org/10.1177%2F2059204318816066en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/5906
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherSageen_US
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Musicen_US
dc.publisher.facultyFine Artsen_US
dc.publisher.institutionSkidmore Collegeen_US
dc.publisher.institutionInternational Laboratory for Brain, Music, and Sound Researchen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Lethbridgeen_US
dc.publisher.urlhttps://doi.org/10.1177%2F2059204318816066en_US
dc.subjectCadenceen_US
dc.subjectHarmonic expectations
dc.subjectMusical style
dc.subjectMusic perception
dc.subjectClassical music
dc.subject.lcshCadences (Music)
dc.subject.lcshTonality
dc.subject.lcshPopular music
dc.subject.lcshRock music
dc.subject.lcshStyle, Musical
dc.subject.lcshPerception
dc.titleMusical style affects the strength of harmonic expectancyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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