Intonational Performance and Perception of Ascending Scales

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to investigate the relationship between the performance of intonation and the perception of intonation regarding ascending scalar patterns. Ninety-six undergraduate and graduate music students from four instrumental groups were placed in one of four experimental conditions. Following differential verbal feedback, subjects either performed a second time or listened to their individual performances and retuned them using a variable-speed tape recorder. Results indicated a tendency toward sharp intonation throughout the study, relative to the standard of equal temperament. Differences between performance and perception were not independent of accompaniment and scale degree. Intonational perception of unaccompanied scales was less accurate than both accompanied scale perception and performance conditions of unaccompanied and accompanied scales.

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