AUTHOR=Bechtold Toni Amadeus , Senn Olivier 

TITLE=Articulation and Dynamics Influence the Perceptual Attack Time of Saxophone Sounds

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology

VOLUME=9

YEAR=2018

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01692

DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01692

ISSN=1664-1078

ABSTRACT=<p>Perceptual attack time (PAT) is defined as the moment when the most salient rhythmical feature of a sound is perceived. This paper focuses on the PAT of saxophone sounds, investigating how the location of this point in time changes when a note is played with different characteristics. Nine saxophone sounds that differ in articulation and dynamics were examined. Ground truth for PAT was determined in a synchronization judgment experiment with 40 participants. Articulation (<italic>p</italic> &lt; 0.001, η<sup>2</sup> = 0.316), dynamics (<italic>p</italic> &lt; 0.001, η<sup>2</sup> = 0.098), and their interaction (<italic>p</italic> &lt; 0.001, η<sup>2</sup> = 0.094) affected the placement of the PAT. The onset rise time, which has been used as a predictor for PAT in earlier studies, was only weakly correlated with PAT (<italic>r</italic> = 0.143, <italic>p</italic> = 0.006).</p>