An acoustical study of sound production in biphonic singing, Xoomij

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 2920-2932

  Adachi, Seiji ^a,c   Yamada, Masashi ^b  

^a ADVANCED TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL   (Japan)

^b Osaka University of Arts   (Japan)

^c AICHI PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHONATION; PITCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGING; SOUND; SOUND INTENSITY; THROAT; VOCAL CORD; VOICE;

HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONGOLIA; PHONETICS; SOUND; SPEECH; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; VOCAL CORDS;

EID: 0032945170     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.426905     Document Type: Article

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