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Relation between Dissonance and Context

Nature volume 154, pages 274–275 (1944)Cite this article

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IN an attempt to meet some of the criticisms made of our previous work on the effect of musical context on dissonance1 a new experiment has been carried out.

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  1. Nature, 152, 358 (1943); 152, 570 (1943); 153, 85 (1944).

  2. Myers, C. S., "Experimental Psychology", Part I, 26–27.

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  1. Psychology Department, University, Glasgow,

    P. A. D. GARDNER & R. W. PICKFORD

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  1. P. A. D. GARDNER
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GARDNER, P., PICKFORD, R. Relation between Dissonance and Context. Nature 154, 274–275 (1944). https://doi.org/10.1038/154274c0

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