Acoustics of the trained versus untrained singing voice

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 155-159

  Howard, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acoustics of singing; Fundamental frequency; Intonation; Laryngoaltimeter; Nasalance; Pitch; Singing; Tuning; Videokymography; Videostroboscopy

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; AUTOMATIC SPEECH RECOGNITION; ELECTROKYMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; LARYNX; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SINGING; SPEECH REHABILITATION; VOCAL CORD; VOICE;

HUMANS; KYMOGRAPHY; LARYNX; MUSIC; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; VIDEO RECORDING; VOCAL CORDS; VOICE QUALITY; VOICE TRAINING;

EID: 67749095909     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOO.0b013e32832af11b     Document Type: Review

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