In both the voice and musical wind instruments, a valve (vocal folds, lips, or reed) lies
between an upstream and downstream duct: trachea and vocal tract for the voice; vocal tract …

Background Rough vocal effects, extreme, or extended vocal techniques to sound
intentionally hoarse or rough are an integral part of many genres and styles, and research …

The human voice organ consists of 3 parts, as is illustrated schematically in Figure 13–1.
One is the breathing apparatus, which acts as a compressor: It compresses the air contained …

Understanding of the perception of singing may emerge from two types of investigation. One
type concerns acoustic properties of singing, which are systematically varied and …

Singing voice is a special subgroup within the field of voice. In addition to the differences in
physiology between singing and speaking voice, singer patients are often regarded as a …

Aim This study was aimed at evaluating the auditory perceptual judgments of vocal
resonance by professional singers, speech-language pathologists (SLP) with singing …

OBJECTIVES: This study investigated changes perceived by singers and listeners after the
singers had vocally warmed up. STUDY DESIGN: The study used a repeated measures …

Timbre has been related to adjustment at the source as well as adjustments in resonance,
including laryngeal height and hypopharynx area and volume. However, it is often …

Objective: Classification of voices into types depends on several factors: physiological—the
size of the laryngeal and vocal tracts; acoustic—musically acceptable vocal range; position …

This pilot study aims at defining the notion of voice quality in Western lyrical singing and
seeks significant and objective criteria to characterise it, from both cognitive and acoustic …