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Author: Sandell, Gregory, J. Title: Concurrent Timbres in Orchestration: A Perceptual Study of Factors Determining 'Blend' Institution: Northwestern University Begun: September 1987 Completed: December 1991 Abstract: Exceeds 100-200 word limit. Please send me email and I will send you the full text. In just a few words: a series of perceptual experiments to uncover some of the physical (acoustical) parameters correlating to judgments of whether two sounds fuse into one ('blend') or segregate. A lit. review of orchestration texts is included to examine how this has been handled traditionally. The goal is to find context-free ways of predicting the degree to which arbitrary instruments will blend. Keywords: orchestration, timbre, computer, perception, psychology, experiment, statistics TOC: 1. Orchestration Manuals; 2. Perceptual Research and 'Blend'; 3. Method for Investigating 'Blend'; 4. Experiments in Blend Perception; 5. Concluding Remarks Contact: Lab. of Experimental Psychology University of Sussex Brighton, BN1 9QG, England Voice: 44-273-678058 Fax:44-273-678433 email: sandell@epvax.sussex.ac.uk |