PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Karafiátová, Markéta AU - Luska, Jiří TI - Intra-Tonal Hierarchy of Melody in Development: Probe-Tone Method and Its Application DP - 2018 Dec 11 TA - Musicologica Olomucensia PG - 63--81 VI - 28 IP - 2 AID - 10.5507/mo.2018.022 IS - 27879186 AB - Intra-tonal hierarchy is one of the basic principle of mental processing in music. The paper deals with the research of tonal hierarchy while using the "probe-tone method" first applicated by C. Krumhansl. The respondents aged 9-17 were lower and upper level secondary school students and grammar school students. The tonal profile obtained in the research relative to the standardized tonal profile, student's age and their musicality were examined.