Perceived continuity and pitch shifts for complex tones with unresolved harmonics (original) (raw)

On the premise that the formation of tonal hierarchies relates to tonal motion - for example, the tendency for pitches perceptually to 'gravitate' more strongly towards the tonic - this paper explores the issue of tonal hierarchies in terms of resolution and pull between pitches. Interval periodicity vectors are shown positively to correlate with Krumhansl and Kessler's (1982) major and