Tuire Kuusi
Biographic Data
| ID | 1645047 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tuire Kuusi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tuire |
| FAMILY NAME | Kuusi |
| SIGNATURE | KUUSI T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Sibelius Academy |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2757-6328 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 15 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Effect of Timbre on Goodness-of-Fit Ratings of Short Chord Sequences
Previous research has found that instrument-like timbres (hereafter, timbres) can affect the Goodness-of-Fit (GoF) evaluations of cadences (Vuvan & Hughes, 2019). Here, we expand these findings by testing more timbres and chord sequences and analyzing a wide array of chordal and timbral variables. One hundred and thirty-five participants with varying levels of music training provided GoF ratings for 15 C-C-X chord sequences constructed with piano…
The effect of chord duration on the relative salience of chord-type and voicing changes
This study investigates the effect of chord duration on the relative salience of chord-type and voicing changes. Participants ( N = 111) with varying levels of musical training were presented with sequences of five block chords on the piano and asked to indicate which chord sounded most different. Each sequence consisted of three identical chords and two oddballs, one with a voicing change and one with a chord-type change. All possible chord-type…
Gender equality discourse in classical music higher education
This article takes its’ starting point in the ongoing debate about gender and gender equality in higher music education (HME) institutions where new policies, projects and initiatives have been developed during the first decades of the 21st century. This article’s analysis is framed by feminist scholarship on gender equality, and gender mainstreaming, as well as music education research about gender and gender equality. The aim is to investigate …
Factors associated with psychological distress of workers in the Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church
Even though we found some protective factors, the share of workers with severe distress was higher in all profession groups of the ELCF than in the general population. Loneliness was the strongest stressor among both genders and high mental strain among women. The result may reflect unconscious mental strain or subordination to the prevailing working conditions. More attention should be paid to the mental wellbeing and work conditions of church e…
Identifying songs from their piano-driven opening chords
It is currently believed that timbre plays a primary role in the identification of songs from very brief excerpts of music. However, its specific contribution, and those of other characteristics of the music, remain unclear. The aim of the present study was to investigate the contributions of timbre and chord type, voicing, and duration to participants’ ability to identify songs from their opening chords, played on the piano alone or on the piano…
Veridical and Schematic Memory for Harmony in Melody-and-Accompaniment Textures
We studied memory for harmony using a melody-and-accompaniment texture and 10 commercially successful songs of Western popular music. The harmony was presented as a timbrally matching block-chord accompaniment to digitally isolated vocals. We used three test chord variants: the target was harmonically identical to the original chord, the lure was schematically plausible but different from the original, and the clash conflicted with both the tonal…
Relative salience of chord-type and chord-voicing changes
Our research project investigated the effect of background and stimuli factors on the relative salience of chord-type and chord-voicing changes. Earlier studies have shown that surface features tend to be easier to perceive than deeper features and that musical training attenuates this general tendency. For further studying how deeper-level and surface-level musical features are perceived, we used a two-oddball paradigm. Each item consisted of a …
Health and Well-Being of Church Musicians during the Covid-19 Pandemic—Experiences of Health and Work-Related Distress from Musicians of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Finland
Earlier research has revealed contrasting gender results in standardized mortality ratios (SMR) for cancers and cardiovascular diseases of Finnish church musicians compared with the general population. In order to better understand the SMRs, our study examined gender differences in health and work-related experiences of church musicians with special focus on experienced stress and burnout on the one hand, and work engagement and mental well-being…
Comparing Nontraditional Tetrachords and Pentachords
The present study examined the relative importance of and connection between set-class properties and features of chord voicings for evaluations of nontraditional tetrachords and pentachords. Two experiments were carried out. The first one used a ‘pick one out of five’ design (oddball paradigm) in which the participants were asked to group four chords and discriminate one. The second applied semantic scales, and the participants evaluated the cho…
Discrimination and Evaluation of Trichords
This study explores how listeners evaluate trichords, both traditional and nontraditional. There were two aims: to clarify the role of set-class identity for evaluating and to analyze which factors in chord voicing guide evaluations. In the first of two experiments, participants were asked to pick one chord from a sequence of four. The interest was in how systematically chords representing the same set class were grouped and how well chords repre…
Interval-class and Order of Presentation Affect Interval Discrimination
This study examined the connection between the concept interval-class (IC) and aural estimations of intervals. Sequences of five piano-sound or Shepard-tone intervals were used. In each sequence four intervals represented one IC (the context) and one interval represented another IC (the deviant). The participants (N = 36) were asked to select one interval deviating from the other intervals of the sequence. The participants responded according to …
The Consonance and the Context Guiding the Participants' Ratings of Chords Representing Different Set-Classes
This study examined factors guiding the participants' ratings of pentachords representing different pentad classes. Two tests were carried out where the participants (non-musicians, professional music students, and music theorists and composers) heard sequences of five chords. Four of the chords represented one set-class, and these chords formed the context; one chord represented another set-class, and it was the deviant. The participants were as…
Chord span and other chordal characteristics affecting connections between perceived closeness and set-class similarity
The importance of chord span for estimations of closeness (similarity or resemblance) was examined. The subjects (musically trained and less-trained) were asked to rate closeness between pentachords with spans varying from 6 to 22 semitones. Closeness estimations were found to be only weakly correlated with theoretical similarities calculated by eleven similarity measures. The factors that did guide closeness estimations were analysed using regre…
The Role of Set-Class Identity in the Estimation of Chords
The study examined the role of set-class identity for the subjects' estimations of chords. Additionally, the study examined what factors other than the set-class identity were guiding the subjects' estimations. In the test the subjects (professional musicians, amateurs, and non-musicians) heard sequences of five chords. Four chords were derived from one set-class and one chord from another set-class. The subjects were asked to rate which chord di…
Theoretical Resemblance versus Perceived Closeness
This study examined connections between pitch-class settheoretical concepts, set-classes, and perceptual estimations of chords derived from the set-classes. The study had two aims, the first of which was to compare theoretical resemblance with perceived closeness. Another aim was to illuminate factors relevant for perceptual estimations of both single chords and chord pairs and compare these factors with abstract properties of set-classes. A numb…
Chord span and other chordal characteristics affecting connections between perceived closeness and set-class similarity
The importance of chord span for estimations of closeness (similarity or resemblance) was examined. The subjects (musically trained and less-trained) were asked to rate closeness between pentachords with spans varying from 6 to 22 semitones. Closeness estimations were found to be only weakly correlated with theoretical similarities calculated by eleven similarity measures. The factors that did guide closeness estimations were analysed using regre…
Interval-class and Order of Presentation Affect Interval Discrimination
This study examined the connection between the concept interval-class (IC) and aural estimations of intervals. Sequences of five piano-sound or Shepard-tone intervals were used. In each sequence four intervals represented one IC (the context) and one interval represented another IC (the deviant). The participants (N = 36) were asked to select one interval deviating from the other intervals of the sequence. The participants responded according to …
The Role of Set-Class Identity in the Estimation of Chords
The study examined the role of set-class identity for the subjects' estimations of chords. Additionally, the study examined what factors other than the set-class identity were guiding the subjects' estimations. In the test the subjects (professional musicians, amateurs, and non-musicians) heard sequences of five chords. Four chords were derived from one set-class and one chord from another set-class. The subjects were asked to rate which chord di…
Theoretical Resemblance versus Perceived Closeness
This study examined connections between pitch-class settheoretical concepts, set-classes, and perceptual estimations of chords derived from the set-classes. The study had two aims, the first of which was to compare theoretical resemblance with perceived closeness. Another aim was to illuminate factors relevant for perceptual estimations of both single chords and chord pairs and compare these factors with abstract properties of set-classes. A numb…
The Role of Set-Class Identity in the Estimation of Chords
The study examined the role of set-class identity for the subjects' estimations of chords. Additionally, the study examined what factors other than the set-class identity were guiding the subjects' estimations. In the test the subjects (professional musicians, amateurs, and non-musicians) heard sequences of five chords. Four chords were derived from one set-class and one chord from another set-class. The subjects were asked to rate which chord di…
The Consonance and the Context Guiding the Participants' Ratings of Chords Representing Different Set-Classes
This study examined factors guiding the participants' ratings of pentachords representing different pentad classes. Two tests were carried out where the participants (non-musicians, professional music students, and music theorists and composers) heard sequences of five chords. Four of the chords represented one set-class, and these chords formed the context; one chord represented another set-class, and it was the deviant. The participants were as…
Chord span and other chordal characteristics affecting connections between perceived closeness and set-class similarity
The importance of chord span for estimations of closeness (similarity or resemblance) was examined. The subjects (musically trained and less-trained) were asked to rate closeness between pentachords with spans varying from 6 to 22 semitones. Closeness estimations were found to be only weakly correlated with theoretical similarities calculated by eleven similarity measures. The factors that did guide closeness estimations were analysed using regre…
Interval-class and Order of Presentation Affect Interval Discrimination
This study examined the connection between the concept interval-class (IC) and aural estimations of intervals. Sequences of five piano-sound or Shepard-tone intervals were used. In each sequence four intervals represented one IC (the context) and one interval represented another IC (the deviant). The participants (N = 36) were asked to select one interval deviating from the other intervals of the sequence. The participants responded according to …
Discrimination and Evaluation of Trichords
This study explores how listeners evaluate trichords, both traditional and nontraditional. There were two aims: to clarify the role of set-class identity for evaluating and to analyze which factors in chord voicing guide evaluations. In the first of two experiments, participants were asked to pick one chord from a sequence of four. The interest was in how systematically chords representing the same set class were grouped and how well chords repre…
Comparing Nontraditional Tetrachords and Pentachords
The present study examined the relative importance of and connection between set-class properties and features of chord voicings for evaluations of nontraditional tetrachords and pentachords. Two experiments were carried out. The first one used a ‘pick one out of five’ design (oddball paradigm) in which the participants were asked to group four chords and discriminate one. The second applied semantic scales, and the participants evaluated the cho…
Veridical and Schematic Memory for Harmony in Melody-and-Accompaniment Textures
We studied memory for harmony using a melody-and-accompaniment texture and 10 commercially successful songs of Western popular music. The harmony was presented as a timbrally matching block-chord accompaniment to digitally isolated vocals. We used three test chord variants: the target was harmonically identical to the original chord, the lure was schematically plausible but different from the original, and the clash conflicted with both the tonal…
Relative salience of chord-type and chord-voicing changes
Our research project investigated the effect of background and stimuli factors on the relative salience of chord-type and chord-voicing changes. Earlier studies have shown that surface features tend to be easier to perceive than deeper features and that musical training attenuates this general tendency. For further studying how deeper-level and surface-level musical features are perceived, we used a two-oddball paradigm. Each item consisted of a …
Health and Well-Being of Church Musicians during the Covid-19 Pandemic—Experiences of Health and Work-Related Distress from Musicians of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Finland
Earlier research has revealed contrasting gender results in standardized mortality ratios (SMR) for cancers and cardiovascular diseases of Finnish church musicians compared with the general population. In order to better understand the SMRs, our study examined gender differences in health and work-related experiences of church musicians with special focus on experienced stress and burnout on the one hand, and work engagement and mental well-being…
Identifying songs from their piano-driven opening chords
It is currently believed that timbre plays a primary role in the identification of songs from very brief excerpts of music. However, its specific contribution, and those of other characteristics of the music, remain unclear. The aim of the present study was to investigate the contributions of timbre and chord type, voicing, and duration to participants’ ability to identify songs from their opening chords, played on the piano alone or on the piano…
Factors associated with psychological distress of workers in the Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church
Even though we found some protective factors, the share of workers with severe distress was higher in all profession groups of the ELCF than in the general population. Loneliness was the strongest stressor among both genders and high mental strain among women. The result may reflect unconscious mental strain or subordination to the prevailing working conditions. More attention should be paid to the mental wellbeing and work conditions of church e…
Effect of Timbre on Goodness-of-Fit Ratings of Short Chord Sequences
Previous research has found that instrument-like timbres (hereafter, timbres) can affect the Goodness-of-Fit (GoF) evaluations of cadences (Vuvan & Hughes, 2019). Here, we expand these findings by testing more timbres and chord sequences and analyzing a wide array of chordal and timbral variables. One hundred and thirty-five participants with varying levels of music training provided GoF ratings for 15 C-C-X chord sequences constructed with piano…
The effect of chord duration on the relative salience of chord-type and voicing changes
This study investigates the effect of chord duration on the relative salience of chord-type and voicing changes. Participants ( N = 111) with varying levels of musical training were presented with sequences of five block chords on the piano and asked to indicate which chord sounded most different. Each sequence consisted of three identical chords and two oddballs, one with a voicing change and one with a chord-type change. All possible chord-type…
Gender equality discourse in classical music higher education
This article takes its’ starting point in the ongoing debate about gender and gender equality in higher music education (HME) institutions where new policies, projects and initiatives have been developed during the first decades of the 21st century. This article’s analysis is framed by feminist scholarship on gender equality, and gender mainstreaming, as well as music education research about gender and gender equality. The aim is to investigate …
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