Glottal open quotient in singing: Measurements and correlation with laryngeal mechanisms, vocal intensity, and fundamental frequency

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 117, Issue 3 I, 2005, Pages 1417-1430

  Henrich, Nathalie ^a,b   D'Alessandro, Christophe ^b   Doval, Boris ^b   Castellengo, Michèle ^a  

^a LAM   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; MEASUREMENT THEORY; NATURAL FREQUENCIES;

ELECTROGLOTTOGRAPHIC SIGNALS; LARYNGEAL MECHANISMS; PHONATION; VOCAL INTENSITY;

SPEECH ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LARYNGOGRAPHY; LARYNX; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PHONATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGING; VOICE;

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GLOTTIS; HUMANS; LARYNX; MALE; MUSIC; PHONATION; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; VIBRATION; VOCAL CORDS; VOICE QUALITY; VOICE TRAINING;

EID: 14844356202     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.1850031     Document Type: Article

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