Digital Musicology: Pitch, Scales, and Cognitive Principles

This lecture explores the metrical structure in language and poetry, the definitions and perceptual aspects of pitch, octave equivalence, pitch schemata, and Dowling's levels of pitch analysis. It delves into the construction principles of scales, the emergence and universality of scale systems, cross-cultural differences, and the cognitive principles behind scale formation. The presentation also covers the categorical perception of pitch, the cognitive schema of scales, and common scale types like chromatic, diatonic major, and pentatonic scales.