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Area of Science:

  • Music Cognition
  • Psychoacoustics
  • Auditory Perception

Background:

  • Expectancy formation is crucial in music perception.
  • Global harmonic context, beyond local cues, shapes musical expectations.
  • Tonal cognition models aim to explain how listeners process music.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the impact of global harmonic context on musical expectancy.
  • To determine if harmonic function influences the expectation of the final chord in a sequence.
  • To explore how unexpected harmonic resolutions affect cognitive processing.

Main Methods:

  • Three experiments were conducted using eight-chord musical sequences.
  • Harmonic context was manipulated to create expected (authentic cadence) and unexpected (I-IV progression) endings.
  • Subjective ratings of completion, decision times for sequence belonging, and consonance/dissonance judgments were measured.

Main Results:

  • Sequences ending on unexpected chords were rated as less complete (Experiment 1).
  • Decision times were longer when the final chord was harmonically unexpected (Experiment 2).
  • Judgments of consonance/dissonance took longer for unexpected final chords (Experiment 3).

Conclusions:

  • Global harmonic context demonstrably affects expectancy formation in music.
  • Unexpected harmonic resolutions increase cognitive load and processing time.
  • Findings support and inform current models of tonal cognition and music perception.