The relationship between professional operatic soprano voice and high range spectral energy

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 530-538

  Barnes, Jennifer J ^a   Davis, Pamela ^a   Oates, Jennifer ^b   Chapman, Janice ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANECHOIC CHAMBERS; CORRELATION METHODS; ECHO SUPPRESSION; PERSONNEL; SPEECH RECOGNITION; TUNING;

PERFORMANCE LEVEL; SOPRANO VOICE;

SPEECH;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; ENERGY; HUMAN; MUSIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGING; TASK PERFORMANCE; VOICE; VOWEL; ADULT; FEMALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHONATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RECORDING; SOUND DETECTION; SPEECH;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSIC; PHONATION; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; TAPE RECORDING; VOICE; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 3142764669     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.1710505     Document Type: Article

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