Pour un grand nombre d'auteurs l'oreille absolue constitue une modalité perceptive indépendante et opposée à l'audition relative. Il y a, cependant, d'importantes recherches qui au cours des dernières années ont découvert que l'audition musicale humaine présente une grande complexité et que les participants d'une ou autre tendance montrent des traits de la modalité perceptive opposée. L'existence de l'oreille absolue partielle, établie depuis les premières recherches sur cet objet, contribue de měme à ratifier l'idée d'une plus grande extension de l'audition absolue que ce qui jusqu'il y a quelques années avait été envisagé. Si nous considérons l'oreille absolue limitée par le registre, le timbre, les sons altérés ou les combinaisons de ces paramètres, la population musicale avec oreille absolue augmente de façon considérable. Ce travail expose un test d'identification tonale à 88 étudiants de niveau supérieur d'un conservatoire de musique et montrent un important pourcentage de personnes qui présentent quelque type d'oreille absolue. Ces résultats nous permettent de proposer une unification du traitement qu'on attribue aux paramètres du son qui touchent l'identification tonale dans le but d'utiliser cette information comme instrument d'évaluation pour l'amélioration des cours de développement auditive dans les conservatoires et écoles de musique.
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