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SUMMARY:The Romantic Rollercoaster: exploring expectations evoked on heari
 ng a piece of music for the first time using evidence from a prodigious mu
 sical savant - Professor Adam Ockelford\, School of Education\, University
  of Roehampton
DTSTART:20151124T170000Z
DTEND:20151124T183000Z
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CONTACT:Gabriela Pavarini
DESCRIPTION:A prodigious musical savant (Derek Paravicini) attempted to re
 produce a novel composition on the piano at the same time as hearing it. T
 he piece was designed to minimise the impact of the more general expectati
 ons that arise from tonality\, whereby different pitch transitions are fel
 t to occur with different probabilities according to their level of past e
 xposure. The design of the study was informed by 'zygonic' theory (Ockelfo
 rd\, 2012)\, which holds that structural regularities in music suggest fut
 ure continuations\, whose perceived likelihood of occurrence is proportion
 al to the number of ways in which their existence is implied in what has g
 one before. Using this principle\, a ‘strength of implication’ factor 
 was calculated for each note of the stimulus piece (following the first). 
 It was hypothesised that the higher the implication factor\, the more like
 ly Derek would predict its occurrence (and therefore play it correctly at 
 the appropriate point in time). Data gathered from Derek’s performance s
 upport the principles of the zygonic model\, although they also suggest ce
 rtain refinements.
LOCATION:Lecture Room 1\, Faculty of Music\, 11 West Road\, CB3 9DP
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