DIATONICISM, CHROMATICISM, AND ENHARMONICISM: A STUDY IN COGNITION AND PERCEPTION.
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Title
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DIATONICISM, CHROMATICISM, AND ENHARMONICISM: A STUDY IN COGNITION AND PERCEPTION.
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Identifier
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AAI8629667
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identifier
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8629667
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Creator
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AGMON, EYTAN.
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Contributor
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Carl Schachter
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Date
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1986
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Music
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Abstract
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The basic position taken in this study is that diatonicism is a mental construct, that is, it is a product of the human mind, in particular, a perceiving mind, a mind interacting with the external, physical world. A distinction is drawn between competence, that is, what it is that the mind constructs, and performance, that is, how this "what" is constructed, given the constraints within which the mind must operate. Another distinction drawn is between perception and cognition, that is, between a level of mental representation maintaining a simple, one-to-one correspondence to some aspect of the physical signal transmitted to the sense organ, and other levels of mental representation, embodying abstract structures which do not relate to this physical signal on a simple, one-to-one basis. In particular, it is argued that it is senseless to attempt to describe diatonicism in purely perceptual terms; a combined cognitive/perceptual model of diatonicism is offered instead. This model, considered from both the competence and the performance points of view, is extended to embrace chromaticism and enharmonicism as well. Finally, some consideration is given to higher levels of mental representation which constitute the tonal system.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
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Program
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Music
