Jakubowski, Kelly and Müllensiefen, Daniel. 2013. The influence of music-elicited emotions and relative pitch on absolute pitch memory for familiar melodies. The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 66(7), pp. 1259-1267. ISSN 1747-0218 [Article]

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Levitin's findings that nonmusicians could produce from memory the absolute pitches of self-selected pop songs have been widely cited in the music psychology literature. These findings suggest that latent absolute pitch (AP) memory may be a more widespread trait within the population than traditional AP labelling ability. However, it has been left unclear what factors may facilitate absolute pitch retention for familiar pieces of music. The aim of the present paper was to investigate factors that may contribute to latent AP memory using Levitin's sung production paradigm for AP memory and comparing results to the outcomes of a pitch labelling task, a relative pitch memory test, measures of music-induced emotions, and various measures of participants' musical backgrounds. Our results suggest that relative pitch memory and the quality and degree of music-elicited emotions impact on latent AP memory.

Item Type:	Article
Identification Number (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1080/17470218.2013.803136
Keywords:	Absolute pitch, Musical memory, Relative pitch, Replication, Emotion
Departments, Centres and Research Units:	Psychology
Dates:	Date Event 8 May 2013 Published
Item ID:	10163
Date Deposited:	13 May 2014 12:52
Last Modified:	04 Jul 2017 10:16
Peer Reviewed:	Yes, this version has been peer-reviewed.
URI:	https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/10163

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