The relationship between measured vibrato characteristics and perception in Western operatic singing

Journal of Voice

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 216-230

  Howes, Patricia ^a,c   Callaghan, Jean ^b   Davis, Pamela ^a   Kenny, Dianna ^a   Thorpe, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acoustic; Opera; Perception; Preference; Vibrato

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; PERCEPTION; PERFORMANCE; SINGING;

ACOUSTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TAPE RECORDING; VOICE; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 2942601687     PISSN: 08921997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2003.09.003     Document Type: Article

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