著者

山本 由紀子 仁科 エミ 大西 仁

出版者

日本認知科学会

雑誌

認知科学 (ISSN:13417924)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.22, no.2, pp.282-296, 2015-06-01 (Released:2015-12-01)

参考文献数

96

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In musicology consonance is defined as the state where two or more tones simultane-ously presented sound pleasantly. Sensory consonance, which is perceived from tones isolated from a musical context, is largely independent of listener’s cultural background and musical experience. Several studies revealed that infants prefer consonant tones to dissonant tones and that nonhuman animals discriminate between consonant and dissonant tones. Since Helmholtz introduced the concept of sensory consonance in the 19th century, sensory consonance has been studied actively. In the 1960s models became able to estimate the perceived consonance of complex tones from the physical properties of the tones. However, sensory consonance still contains a number of problems to be solved and has been studied by multiple approaches. This paper reviews the advances and issues in studies on consonance, especially sensory consonance.