Krumhanslstyle
Krumhanslstyle refers to a theoretical framework developed by psychologist Carol Krumhansl to understand how people represent and process musical information. This framework is particularly concerned with the cognitive structures that underlie our perception of melody, harmony, and rhythm. Krumhansl's research often involves the use of rating scales and similarity judgments to explore how listeners perceive relationships between musical elements.
One key concept within Krumhanslstyle is the idea of musical "prototypes." These are mental representations of
The Krumhanslstyle approach also investigates how musical knowledge is organized. Krumhansl proposed that musical information is