Modeling source-filter interaction in belting and high-pitched operatic male singing

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1530-1540

  Titze, Ingo R ^a,b   Worley, Albert S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONLINEAR SOURCE; SECOND HARMONICS; VOCAL TRACT AREA; VOCAL TRACT SHAPE;

REINFORCEMENT;

HARMONIC ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PITCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGING; VOCAL CORD; VOWEL;

AIR; ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GLOTTIS; HEAD; HUMANS; LARYNX; LIP; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOUTH; MUSIC; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PERIODICITY; PHONETICS; SPEECH; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; VIBRATION; VOCAL CORDS;

EID: 70349127358     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.3160296     Document Type: Article

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