Absolute Memory for Musical Tempo

Levitin DJ, Cook PR. Absolute Memory for Musical Tempo. In: AES Convention 99. Audio Engineering Society; 1995. Paper 4097. Available from: https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=7669

@inproceedings{Levitin1995_7669,
  author = {Levitin, Daniel J. and Cook, Perry R.},
  title = {{Absolute Memory for Musical Tempo}},
  booktitle = {AES Convention 99},
  note = {Paper 4097},
  year = {1995},
  month = oct,
  publisher = {Audio Engineering Society},
  url = {https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=7669}
}

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AB  - Forty-four subjects sang popular songs from memory, and their tempos were compared to recorded versions of the songs. Forty-three percent of the subjects came within ±6% of the proper tempo. This is within the JND for tempo as established by Drake and Botte (Perception & Psychophysics, 1993) and provides evidence for absolute tempo.
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