Musical training improves pattern interval detection performance

Evidence

Performance correlated positively with musical experience; years of formal training (correlation coefficient = 0.342, p = 0.015), as well as years of playing (correlation coefficient = 0.435, p = 0.002). — Dijk, Pim van, Physiology, Psychoacoustics and…, 5263 (#expands, via linked claim)

In support of the assumed generality of relative pitch perception, it has been shown that violations of transposed pitch patterns elicit discriminative brain responses in neonates (Stefanics et al. 2009 ) and young infants (Tew et al. 2009 ). So it is surprising that relative pitch perception can be rather poor (e.g. see (Foster and Zatorre 2010 ; McDermott et al. 2010 )), especially if contour violations and tonal melodies are excluded (Dowling 1986 ). … McDermott et al. ( 2010 ), commenting on the poor pitch interval discrimination threshold they found, suggested that the importance of pitch as an expressive musical feature may rest more on an ability to detect pitch differences between tones, rather than an ability to recognise complex patterns of pitch intervals. — Dijk, Pim van, Physiology, Psychoacoustics and…, 5263 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Formal musical training and playing experience both improve deviant-tone pattern detection — Dijk, Pim van, Physiology, Psychoacoustics and…, 5263; Formal musical training improves relative pitch pattern detection; Years of musical training correlate with better tone-pattern detection. (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• Formal musical training and playing experience both improve deviant-tone pattern detection #expands (0.95) — Dijk, Pim van, Physiology, Psychoacoustics and…, 5263
• Formal musical training improves relative pitch pattern detection #corroborates (0.92)
• Neural detection of transposed melodies coexists with surprisingly poor explicit interval recognition #complicates (0.75) — Dijk, Pim van, Physiology, Psychoacoustics and…, 5263