[lbo-talk] Chuck's Cassirer posts

Miles Jackson cqmv at pdx.edu
Fri Jun 20 08:17:19 PDT 2008


Michael Pollak wrote:
> On Thu, 19 Jun 2008, Miles Jackson wrote:
>
>
>> I don't agree. The perception that two notes are an octave apart is due
>> to auditory perception, not just the frequencies of the two notes.
>>
>
> So there are musical systems in which octaves are not located at doubled
> frequencies? Which?
>
> Michael
>
The perception of consonance varies depending on the amplitude of the sound waves. The claim that doubled frequencies are invariably perceived as octaves is inconsistent with many decades of research on auditory perception.

Miles



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