Professional opera tenors' vocal tract configurations in registers

Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 278-287

  Echternach, Matthias ^a,c   Sundberg, Johan ^b   Markl, Michael ^a   Richter, Bernhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c University of Music Freiburg   (Germany)

Author keywords

Articulation; Magnetic resonance imaging; Register; Voice

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; JAW; LARYNX; LARYNX MUSCLE; LIP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSIC; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCUPATION; PHARYNX; PHONATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; HUMANS; JAW; LARYNGEAL MUSCLES; LARYNX; LIP; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSIC; OCCUPATIONS; PHARYNX; PHONATION;

EID: 77953925530     PISSN: 10217762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000312668     Document Type: Article

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