Laryngeal and Respiratory Behavior During Pitch Change in Professional Singers

Journal of Voice

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 622-633

  Lam Tang, Judith A ^a,b   Boliek, Carol A ^a   Rieger, Jana M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Misericordia Community Hospital   (Canada)

Author keywords

Pitch change; Professional singers; Respiration; Vocal folds

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATHING PATTERN; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LARYNX; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PITCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SINGING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VITAL CAPACITY; VOCAL CORD; VOICE;

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MUSIC; PITCH PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATION; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; VOCAL CORDS; VOICE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55549101930     PISSN: 08921997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2007.04.002     Document Type: Article

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