Difference Thresholds for Timbre Related to Amplitude Spectra of Complex Sounds

Submitted to the Department of Music Education and Music Therapy and to the Faculty of the Graduate School of the University of Kansas in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree, Master of Music Education.

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