The singing power ratio as an objective measure of singing voice quality in untrained talented and nontalented singers

Journal of Voice

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 82-88

  Watts, Christopher ^a   Barnes Burroughs, Kathryn ^b   Estis, Julie ^c   Blanton, Debra ^c  

^a JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Phonatory control; Resonance; Singing ability; Singing power ratio; Singing talent

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PERCEPTION; PHONATION; POWER SPECTRUM; SINGING; VOICE;

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; LOUDNESS PERCEPTION; MALE; MUSIC; PHONATION; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 33344476073     PISSN: 08921997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2004.12.003     Document Type: Article

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