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After reading the following article, print and answer this quiz. Quiz due April 13, 2007.

Edward Burns (1999). Intervals, scales, and tuning. In: Diana Deutsch (Ed.), Psychology of Music. 2nd edition. San Diego: Academic Press. pp. 215-264.

Answer the following questions:

1. Which of the following listeners show no evidence consistent with octave equivalence?
   • rats
   • starlings
   • dolphins
   • human infants
   
   
   
2. When given the freedom to vary their tuning, Western performers tend to prefer:
   • equal temperament
   • just intonation -- especially for perfect intervals
   • Pythagorean tuning
   • playing minor seconds flat and other intervals sharp (compared with equal temperament)
   
   
   
3. Chroma fixation might be defined as follows:
   • the emphasis given to a particular pitch as the tonic
   • the tendency for high frequency tones to all evoke the same pitch-class sensation
   • the tendency for tones an octave apart to evoke the same pitch-class
   • the tendency for an instrument to retain a similar timbre or tone color throughout its range
   
   
   
4. Which of the following is the case?
   • melodic intervals are more easily recognized when played in a musical context
   • melodic intervals are more difficult to recognize when played in a musical context
   
   
   
5. According to Burns, the average vibrato has a speed of about 6 Hz and
   • a range of about 10 cents
   • a range of about 20 cents
   • a range of about 40 cents
   • a range of about 80 cents
   
   
   
6. Seven-interval equally-tempered xylophone tunings are found in:
   • Thailand and Uganda
   • Java and Bali
   • Australia
   • India and Persia

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