Re: AP in all of us? New evidence from speech research

[Martin Braun <nombraun@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Rebecca,

wouldn't you think that any pitch memory in the motor systems of the voice,
if it does exist, must have been mediated via the auditory system?

Martin



----- Original Message -----
From: Rebecca Mercuri <mercuri@gradient.cis.upenn.edu>
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Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 5:08 PM
Subject: Re: AP in all of us? New evidence from speech research


> In the days when there used to be more "jingle" type ads on TV,
> if you asked a kid to sing the commercial, they'd typically sing
> it on or very close to the original pitch the ad was in. I recall
> some years ago reading or hearing about a study where the popular
> acapella baseball songs (ones not prompted by the stadium organist)
> were surveyed and folks around the US sang those at the same pitch
> as well.
>
> My personal theory is that it's a physical memory -- song singing
> involves the muscles (or whatever they are) in the throat/larynx
> and there's probably some feedback that provides a form of pitch
> memory as in "that feels like the comfortable singing pitch I
> know for that song." Anyone know of any work on that angle?
>
> Rebecca Mercuri, Ph.D.
>
>