Temporal Coherence in the Perception of Tone Sequences

 
Part 7.2:
Interleaved Melodies
After J. Dowling

Load example circuit for part 7.2

This circuit plays two well known melodies that are interleaved. Meaning that the tones of each are played alternately. After each repetition, the upper melody will be raised one semitone. Try to discover what the two melodies are.
In the beginning this will be difficult as the pitch ranges of the two melodies overlap fully. Gradually, as the top melody is shifted upwards, you may start to recognize parts of the either one. But complete recognition will only be possible when they do not overlap.
If you know in advance what the melodies are, you may be able to follow one of them at slower tempos, even when they do overlap. But this becomes more difficult as the tempo increases.
With the vertical sliders you can program other melodies.



©2002 Leon van Noorden
Ed: Andy J Turner