Velum behavior in professional classic operatic singing

Journal of Voice

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 61-71

  Birch, Peer ^a   Gümoes, Bodil ^b   Stavad, Hanne ^b   Prytz, Svend ^c   Björkner, Eva ^d   Sundberg, Johan ^d  

^a ROYAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC   (Denmark)

^b Royal Academy of Music   (Denmark)

^c BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Nasalization; Operatic singing; Velopharyngeal opening

Indexed keywords

AIRFLOW; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOUDNESS; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PHONETICS; PITCH; SINGING; SOFT PALATE; SOUND INTENSITY; SOUND PRESSURE; VOWEL; ADULT; PHYSIOLOGY; VOICE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PALATE, SOFT; VOICE; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 0038813866     PISSN: 08921997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0892-1997(02)00073-5     Document Type: Article

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