Development of Pitch and Music Perception

Music, like language, is found in all known human societies, past and present, and although music has some precursors that can be found in other species, it is a defining characteristic of the human species (Wallin et al. 2000). Although the perception of music has multisensory aspects (Thompson et al. 2005; Phillips-Silver and Trainor 2007), it is based in sound. The vibrations that give rise to music can be created by many different means, …