在乐器声音分类中,音乐训练与光谱上下文效应无关
Anya E Shorey1, Caleb J King2, Kelly L Whiteford3
1Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, 40292, USA. anya.shorey@louisville.edu.
Attention, perception & psychophysics
|January 12, 2024
概括
与非音乐家相比,音乐家表现出增强的音调区分,但没有音色感知. 这表明听觉技能的"音乐家优势"是特定的,而不是普遍的,影响音乐感知不同.
科学领域:
- 听觉感知是一种听觉感知.
- 音乐认知 音乐认知
- 精神声学是一种精神声学.
背景情况:
- "音乐家优势"描述了与非音乐家相比,音乐家的听觉技能得到了增强.
- 音乐家在与音调相关的任务中始终表现出色,但与音调相关的任务的表现是混合的.
- 音乐训练涉及操纵乐器音色,表明对光谱环境效应的潜在敏感性.
研究的目的:
- 调查音乐家是否对光谱背景对音色感知的影响更敏感.
- 检查音乐训练和主要乐器对音色感知的影响.
- 为了比较音乐家和非音乐家在音调和音色歧视任务中的表现.
主要方法:
- 实验1:音乐家和非音乐家将目标乐器的声音 (法语喇,高音萨克斯风) 分类为不同的频谱环境.
- 实验2:法式喇和高音萨克斯演奏者完成了音色分类任务,以评估特定于乐器的效果.
- 对于所有参与者来说,还评估了比赛区分能力.
主要成果:
- 与非音乐家相比,音乐家表现出优越的音调歧视,这与音乐家的优势一致.
- 音乐家和非音乐家在对光谱背景对音色感知影响的敏感性方面没有发现显著差异.
- 主要教学仪器并没有显著改变对音色感知任务的表现.
结论:
- 音乐家的优势延伸到音调感知,但不一定是受到光谱环境影响的音调感知.
- 从音乐培训中受益的听觉技能可能是特定的,通过光谱差异的音色感知并未普遍增强.
- 需要进一步的研究才能充分理解音乐专业知识所带来的听觉益处的范围.
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