Subject: Re: Pitch learning From: Martin Braun <nombraun@xxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2007 20:02:19 +0100 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>Ole Kühl wrote: "We could say that we conceptualize a pitch through the integration of information from two different domains: a perceived timbre domain and a learned schema for partials." It does not seem to be a cognitive process, rather a sensory one. Musicians make use of it without being aware of much. Integration across different auditory domains, yes. I would call it the timbre domain and the chroma domain (for the given case of extreme low pitch from musical instruments). It may not be necessary to assume "a learned schema for partials", though. The anatomy of the auditory thalamus suggests a chroma filtering that is as precognitive as the f0 filtering in the midbrain. For a very short summary, see: http://web.telia.com/~u57011259/eng7.htm Martin --------------------------------------------------------------------- Martin Braun Neuroscience of Music S-671 95 Klässbol Sweden web site: http://w1.570.telia.com/~u57011259/index.htm