Resonance strategies used in Bulgarian women's singing style: A pilot study

Logopedics Phoniatrics Vocology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 171-177

  Henrich, Nathalie ^a,b   Kiek, Mara ^a,c   Smith, John ^a   Wolfe, Joe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Institut de la Communication Parlee   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bulgarian singing; Resonance tuning; Vocal qualities

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; ARTICLE; BULGARIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOUDNESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESONANCE TUNING; SINGING; SOUND RELATED PHENOMENA; SPEECH ANALYSIS; TUNING CURVE; VOCALIZATION; VOICE; VOWEL;

BULGARIA; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNX; MUSIC; PHONATION; PHONETICS; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 36048996686     PISSN: 14015439     EISSN: 16512022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14015430600891504     Document Type: Article

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