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Dear John, This has been neglected topic but Garner and colleagues did some studies about this with repeating tone patterns (Garner & Gottwald, 1968; Preusser, Garner, & Gottwald, 1970). And I also did a study recently with Petri Toiviainen that addressed this using tapping to excerpts of an organ duet by Bach (Toiviainen & Snyder, 2003). Here are the full references: Garner, W. R., & Gottwald, R. L. (1968). The perception and learning of temporal patterns. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 20, 97-109. Preusser, D., Garner, W. R., & Gottwald, R. L. (1970). The effect of starting pattern on descriptions of perceived temporal patterns. Psychonomic Science, 21, 219-220. Toiviainen, P., & Snyder, J. S. (2003). Tapping to Bach: Resonance-based modeling of pulse. Music Perception, 21, 43-80. -Joel Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 12:40:30 +0000 From: John ffitch <jpff@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Rhythm perception We were discussing rhythm patterns the other day and the question came up about how one determined the start of a pattern. If there is a heavy emphasis on one beat of the sequence then I can understand that that is taken as the first beat. But if the sequence is unemphasised how does one decide? Or do people decide differently, or is it cultural? I am not sure where to start to look -- as ever this is outside my general field of study -- but I though this list might be the place to ask for clues. I hope I have explained the question sufficiently! ==John ffitch Joel S. Snyder, Ph.D. Department of Psychiatry-116A VA Boston Healthcare System Harvard Medical School 940 Belmont Street Brockton, MA 02301 USA phone: (508) 583-4500 x61624 fax: (508) 580-0057 email: joel_snyder@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.rotman-baycrest.on.ca/profile/Snyder |