Research article summary (published 30 Dec 2002):

The perception of 'forward' and 'backward placement' of the singing voice.

Full Abstract

Singing teachers sometimes characterize voice quality in terms of 'forward' and 'backward placement'. In view of traditional knowledge about voice production, it is hard to explain any possible acoustic or articulatory differences between the voices so 'placed'. We have synthesized a number of three-tone melodic excerpts performed by the singing voice. Formant frequencies, and the level and frequency of the singer's formant were varied across the stimuli. Results of a listening test show that the stimuli which were perceived as 'placed forward', correlated not only with higher frequencies of the first and second formants, but also with the higher frequency and level of the singer's formant.

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Author information

Author/s: Vurma, Allan (A); Ross, Jaan (J);

Affiliation: Estonian Academy of Music, Rävala 16, 10143 Tallinn, Estonia. vurma(-atsign-)ema.edu.ee

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Journal: Logopedics, phoniatrics, vocology (Logoped Phoniatr Vocol), published in Norway. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2003-; vol 28 (issue 1) : pp 19-28

Dates: Created 2003/07/29; Completed 2003/10/27; Revised 2006/11/15;

PMID: 12884904, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

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Female Humans Judgment Male Music Phonation

Phonation Pitch Perception Psychoacoustics Sound Spectrography Voice Voice Quality

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