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This study investigates the influence of global harmonic structures on priming effects in music, in keeping the local context constant. Subjects were presented eight-chord sequences. The harmonic context, created by the first six chords, was manipulated in order to vary the function of the last two chords. In one context the last chord was analysed as a tonic chord, and in the other as a subdominant chord. Considering these changes of harmonic function, the last chord was assumed to be more anticipated in the first context than in the second. The importance of the global context was revealed by lower completion judgements when sequences ended on an unexpected chord (Experiment 1). In Experiment 2, the global context effect was revealed by shorter processing times for the last chord when expected (priming effect) . These results are discussed in reference to Bharucha's (1987) connectionist model of tonal cognition.
