The at First Sight: Cognitive Issues of Human–Computer Interaction with Pitch Spaces

Autor: José L. Besada, Erica Bisesi, Corentin Guichaoua, Moreno Andreatta
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Music & Science, Vol 7 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2059-2043
20592043
DOI: 10.1177/20592043241246515
Popis: Pitch spaces allow pitch relations to be expressed through geometrical representations for many different purposes. The Tonnetz is a well-known pitch space in the field of music theory; equivalent representations have been described in the field of cognitive science, especially Krumhansl's model of perceived triadic distance. Despite her empirical approach, we know very little about the way people interact, cognitively speaking, with Tonnetz -based computational platforms involving multimodal stimuli. Our study has approached this issue by means of empirical experimentation for the first time. A total of 88 participants, with varying backgrounds in music and mathematics, were asked to interact with a Tonnetz interface; they did not have prior knowledge of this pitch space. Results of our experiment confirmed our main hypotheses. On the one hand, strong skills in music theory are needed to partially grasp the overall structure of the Tonnetz at first sight; this aspect is mainly related to the quality recognition of triads and the detection of shared pitch classes in harmonic motions. On the other hand, the particular geometry of the Tonnetz may bias this understanding when non-functional harmonic sequences are displayed on it.
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