Performance effects on the voices of 10 choral tenors: Acoustic and perceptual findings

Journal of Voice

Volumn 10, Issue 3 2, 1996, Pages 217-227

  Kitch, Josephine A ^a   Oates, Jennifer ^b   Greenwood, Ken ^b  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acoustic analysis; Individuality of response; Perceptual analysis; Performance effect; Singer; Voice

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SINGING; TASK PERFORMANCE; VOCALIZATION; VOICE;

EID: 0029837775     PISSN: 08921997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0892-1997(96)80002-6     Document Type: Article

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