Dissimilarity and the Classification of Male Singing Voices

Journal of Voice

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 290-299

  Erickson, Molly L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Listener experience; Perception; Pitch; Timbre; Voice classification

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PITCH; SCALE UP; SINGING; STIMULUS; VOICE;

HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LOUDNESS PERCEPTION; MALE; MUSIC; PITCH PERCEPTION; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 42949152819     PISSN: 08921997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2006.10.002     Document Type: Article

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