Loosen F
University of Leuven, Belgium.
Percept Psychophys. 1994 Aug;56(2):221-6. doi: 10.3758/bf03213900.
The present study shows that playing a particular musical instrument influences tuning preference. Violinists (n = 7), pianists (n = 7), and nonmusicians (n = 10) were required to adjust three notes (E, A, and B) in computer-generated, eight-tone ascending and descending diatonic scales of C major. The results indicated that (1) violinists set the three tones closer to Pythagorean intonation than do pianists (p < .01), (2) pianists fit closet to equal-tempered intonation (p < .01), and (3) nonmusicians do not show any preference for a specific intonation model. These findings are consistent with the view that tuning preference is determined by musical experience more than by characteristics of the auditory system. The relevance of these results to theories of cultural conditioning and assessment of tonal perception is discussed.
本研究表明，演奏特定乐器会影响调音偏好。要求小提琴演奏者（n = 7）、钢琴演奏者（n = 7）和非音乐家（n = 10）在计算机生成的C大调八声音阶的上行和下行全音阶中调整三个音符（E、A和B）。结果表明：（1）小提琴演奏者将这三个音设置得比钢琴演奏者更接近毕达哥拉斯音准（p <.01）；（2）钢琴演奏者最接近平均律音准（p <.01）；（3）非音乐家对特定的音准模型没有表现出任何偏好。这些发现与以下观点一致，即调音偏好更多地由音乐经验而非听觉系统特征决定。讨论了这些结果与文化条件作用理论和音调感知评估的相关性。
