Table 5.

Proposal for a short version of the MBEA.

Items	Scale	Contour	Interval	Rhythm	Meter	Memory
ex1	24/29*	20	18	3	catch trial	5/1
ex2	15	4	24/2	17	4	31
ex3	*	*	*	*	15	*
ex4	*	*	*	*	27	*
1	1+	5	19	6	5	5
2	2	25	24	21	12	32
3	3	9	11	16	28	19
4	4	21	22	22	22	33
5	5	26	23	15	10	34
6	6	11	21	24	29	35
7	catch trial	12	13	13	2	14
8	7	7	7	10	14	12
9	8	13	17	1	11	36
10	9	7	9	7	8	7
11	10	19	8	18	16	37
12	11	23	7	2	19	38
13	7	13	14	12	3	39
14	12	24	26	catch trial	24	9
15	13	17	18	26	9	40
16	7	3	3	3	20	16
17	14	5	12	5	26	41
18	15	6	20	14	7	10
19	16	15	16	19	30	42
20	17	22	15	23	1	13
21	18	catch trial	4	8	13	21
22	19	1	10	22	25	22
23	20	2	25	5	21	43
24	5	14	5	25	17	44
25	21	7	7	11	6	2
26	22	8	6	20	18	24
27	23	4	5	7	23	11
28	13	20	catch trial	9	15	45
29	24	18	1	4	27	46
30	25	16	2	13	4	8
31	26	10	13	17

⁺Numbers correspond to melodies composed for the tests. The items that will be kept are in grey.

^*24/29= melody 24, corresponding to item 29 of the same test; 24/2=melody 24, item 2; 5/1=melody 5, item 1.