Forty-four subjects sang popular songs from memory, and their tempos were compared to recorded versions of the songs. Forty-three percent of the subjects came within ±6% of the proper tempo. This is within the JND for tempo as established by Drake and Botte (Perception & Psychophysics, 1993) and provides evidence for absolute tempo.

Authors: Levitin, Daniel J.; Cook, Perry R.
Affiliations: University of Oregon, Eugene, OR ; Stanford University, Stanford, CA(See document for exact affiliation information.)
AES Convention: 99 (October 1995) Paper Number: 4097
Publication Date: October 1, 1995 Import into BibTeX
Subject: Perception and Subjective Evaluation
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