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PENROSE - L S Penrose Papers
1 - Personal and Family Papers
6 - Music
StorageSite
UCL Special Collections
Level
File
Reference Number
PENROSE/1/6/1
Title
Harmonised Distorted Tunes Test
Date
c1949
Description
Manuscript and music of a "harmonised distorted tunes test" devised by L S Penrose. Subjects were asked to listen to some well-known tunes played with a harmony that was designed to be confusing, and state whether the melody was played correctly. Penrose was interested to know whether tone-deafness could be inherited genetically in the same way as colour-blindness.
Extent
2 items
AccessStatus
Open
AccessConditions
The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.
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