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variable, in this case timbre, due to a change in another
variable. Previous research on timbre has investigated the
relationship between timbre discrimination and other
fundamental tonal elements such as loudness, pitch, steady
states, attacks and releases.
It has been suggested that features of a stimulus can
be measured through the determination of the amount of time
required to discriminate a change in the stimulus (West,
Cross, & Howell, 1987). While there has been a substantial
amount of research relating tonal duration to pitch and
loudness, there is a dearth of research investigating the
relationship between timbre discrimination and the duration
of the tone (Pollard & Jansson, 1982). The focus of this
investigation is the discrimination of timbre and its
relationship to duration.
Rationale
The many definitions of timbre are varied and ambiguous
(Kendall, 1975). This ambiguity may be due to the fact that
timbre is a multidimensional qualitative element of a tone
and is difficult to quantify. Consequently, the definitions
of timbre are most often subtractive in that they do not
describe what timbre is but rather what it is not. These
definitions describe timbre as the remaining element of a
tone other than pitch, loudness, and duration by which it
can be distinguished from other tones. An example of one of
the most common definitions describes timbre as the
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Johnston, Dennis A. (Dennis Alan). Trained Musical Performers' and Musically Untrained College Students' Ability to Discriminate Music Instrument Timbre as a Function of Duration, dissertation, December 1994; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc935621/m1/10/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .