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Paradoxes of Musical Pitch

Certain series of tones appear to ascend or descend infinitely in pitch. Other patterns change when shifted in key and indicate an influence of speech on the perception of music

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 267 Issue 2This article was originally published with the title “Paradoxes of Musical Pitch” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 267 No. 2 (), p. 88
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0892-88