Results

For percentages of correct responses (Table 1) and for correct response times (Figure 2b), no effects were significant. However, response times were faster for related targets than for less-related targets for Timbre B (F(1,32) = 5.03; p < .05). Splitting participants according to their musical expertise did not reveal additional effects.

Figure 2. Correct response times in Experiments 1a (A) and 1b (B), presented as a function of Tonal Relatedness and Target Timbre. Related/Less Related conditions refer to mediant/leading tone targets. Error bars indicate between-participants standard errors. A) Timbre A/Timbre B refers to piano/harp timbres (the context being played with a piano timbre). B) Timbre A/Timbre B refers to oboe/clarinet (the context being played with a flute timbre).