Effects of Vocal Training on the Acoustic Parameters of the Singing Voice

Journal of Voice

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 529-543

  Mendes, Ana P ^a   Rothman, Howard B ^b   Sapienza, Christine ^b   Brown Jr , W S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustics; Phonational Range; Singing; Vocal training; Voice

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHONATION; SINGING; SOUND PRESSURE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; VOICE;

EID: 0347511733     PISSN: 08921997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/S0892-1997(03)00083-3     Document Type: Article

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