Resonatory Properties in Professional Tenors Singing Above the Passaggio

QC 20160420
Introduction: The question of formant tuning in male professional voices has been a matter of discussion for many years. Material and Methods: In this study four very successful Western classically trained tenors of different repertoire were analysed. They sang a scale on the vowel conditions /a,e,i,o,u/ from the pitch C4 (250 Hz) to A4 (440 Hz) in their stage voice avoiding a register shift to falsetto. Formant frequencies were calculated from inverse filtering of the audio signal and from two-dimensional MRI data. Results: Both estimations showed only for vowel conditions with low first formant (F1) a tuning F1 adjusted to the first harmonic. For other vowel conditions, however, no clear systematic formant tuning was observed. Conclusion: For most vowel conditions the data are not able to support the hypothesis of a systematic formant tuning for professional classically trained tenors.

Birkholz, Peter (author)
Sundberg, JohanKTH,Musikakustik,University College of Music Education, Stockholm, Sweden(Swepub:kth)u1fkc0ej (author)
Traser, Louisa (author)
Korvink, Jan Gerrit (author)
Richter, Bernhard (author)
KTHMusikakustik (creator_code:org_t)

By the author/editor: Echternach, Matt ...; Birkholz, Peter; Sundberg, Johan; Traser, Louisa; Korvink, Jan Ger ...; Richter, Bernhar ...

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