Comparing the acoustic expression of emotion in the speaking and the singing voice

Computer Speech and Language

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 218-235

  Scherer, Klaus R ^a   Sundberg, Johan ^b   Tamarit, Lucas ^a   Salomão, Gláucia L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acoustic analyses of emotion; Comparison between emotion expression in speech and singing; Emotional interpretation in singing; Vocal expression

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC ANALYSIS; EMOTION EXPRESSION; EMOTIONAL INTERPRETATION IN SINGING; SINGING VOICES; VOCAL EXPRESSION;

EID: 84908510789     PISSN: 08852308     EISSN: 10958363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csl.2013.10.002     Document Type: Article

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