[lbo-talk] Chuck's Cassirer posts

[Miles Jackson]

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