Absolute Pitch and Relative Pitch: A Comparative Study of Cognitive Abilities

• Grant number: 16/08377-4
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Start date: November 01, 2016
• End date: September 30, 2018
• Field of knowledge: Linguistics, Literature and Arts - Arts - Music
• Principal Investigator: Graziela Bortz
• Grantee: Nayana Di Giuseppe Germano
• Host Institution: Instituto de Artes (IA). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de São Paulo. São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

There has been a growth of research projects dedicated to the study of the cognitive phenomena known as Absolute Pitch (AP) and Relative Pitch (RP), a fact directly related to the growth of research projects on cognition and music perception over the last years. To study a cognitive phenomenon, firstly the researcher must know its object of study, i.e., it is needed a construct definition. However, there is yet not a validated construct of any of these cognitive abilities (AP and RP). Consequently, the main purpose of this project is to develop a theoretical model for both AP and RP, mapping their similarities and differences. In order to corroborate these, it will be necessary to gather evidences provided by experimental tests, which will allow their adequate evaluation and improvement. Based on solid empirical evidences and on theoretical foundations, the resulting models for AP and RP should provide an important contribution to the scientific community dedicated to the study of these abilities, as researches will be able to use them as a starting point for future researches.

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

GERMANO, NAYANA DI GIUSEPPE; COGO-MOREIRA, HUGO; COUTINHO-LOURENCO, FAUSTO; BORTZ, GRAZIELA. A new approach to measuring absolute pitch on a psychometric theory of isolated pitch perception: Is it disentangling specific groups or capturing a continuous ability?. PLoS One, v. 16, n. 2, FEB 22 2021. (16/08377-4, 19/02133-4)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

GERMANO, Nayana Di Giuseppe. Absolute pitch and relative pitch: a psychometric study of latent traits. 2018. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp). Instituto de Artes. São Paulo São Paulo.