Effects of Visual and Auditory Feedback in Violin and Singing Voice Pitch Matching Tasks.

ABSTRACT: Auditory-guided vocal learning is a mechanism that operates both in humans and other animal species making us capable to imitate arbitrary sounds. Both auditory memories and auditory feedback interact to guide vocal learning. This may explain why it is easier for humans to imitate the pitch of a human voice than the pitch of a synthesized sound. In this study, we compared the effects of two different feedback modalities in learning pitch-matching abilities using a synthesized pure tone in 47 participants with no prior music experience. Participants were divided into three groups: a feedback group (N = 15) receiving real-time visual feedback of their pitch as well as knowledge of results; an equal-timbre group (N = 17) receiving additional auditory feedback of the target note

SUBMITTER: Blanco AD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8297736 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature