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A tune is a succession of musical tones that is easily recognizable when repeated. Here we describe an experimental technique and preliminary results that test a simple theoretical idea about tune recognition.
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Wong, W., Barlow, H. Tunes and templates. Nature 404, 952–953 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/35010196
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