Pitch strength varies independently of perceived pitch height

Evidence

Experiments on pitch sensation generally explore variations along a scale from high to low, normally called pitch. Independent of the pitch, the sensation can also be labelled as faint pitch or strong (distinct) pitch, leading to a scale of pitch strength. For example, a pure tone of 1 kHz elicits a very distinct strong pitch sensation, whereas a high-pass noise with a cut-off frequency of 1 kHz produces an indistinct or faint pitch. Despite these differences in pitch strength, both sounds produce approximately the same pitch. — Professor Dr.-Ing. Hugo Fastl, Professor Dr.-Ing. Eberhard, Psychoacoustics- Facts and Models, 793

Categorization

Category: Definitional Content

• DEFINE: Introduces pitch strength as a perceptual dimension distinct from pitch itself.

Related

• Pitch as a sensory dimension has both height and perceptual strength, which vary independently. (similarity 0.97)
• Pitch strength is a distinct perceptual dimension absent from loudness (similarity 0.94)
• Signals identical in loudness and pitch can differ markedly in pitch strength (similarity 0.91)
• Pitch lacks a magnitude dimension, complicating its subjective measurement (similarity 0.87)
• Pitch can be modeled as a positional sensation scaled by discrimination steps (similarity 0.86)
• Pitch strength is quantifiable by magnitude estimation across diverse sounds (similarity 0.86)
• Pitch is the perceptual property ordering sounds from low to high (similarity 0.85)
• Pitch can only be measured relative, not absolutely (similarity 0.85)
• Not all sounds have a pitch even though all have frequency content (similarity 0.85)
• Pitch depends only on spectrum and periodicity, not volume or direction. (similarity 0.85)
• Pitch is not uniquely tied to a single physical frequency (similarity 0.85)
• Pitch cannot be measured absolutely, only relative to another tone (similarity 0.84)
• Pitch of a tone is defined by the matching 40 dB reference frequency (similarity 0.84)
• Pitch strength of pure tones varies with their frequency (similarity 0.84)
• Pitch has no magnitude like loudness, so magnitude scaling misapplies to it. (similarity 0.84)