Acoustic and physiological study of traditional Japanese singing

Autor: Seiichi Tenpaku, Kiyoshi Honda, Yoh’ichi Tohkura, Ghen Ohyama, Seiji Niimi, Noriko Kobayashi
Rok vydání: 1990
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Zdroj: The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 87:S120-S120
ISSN: 0001-4966
DOI: 10.1121/1.2027883
Popis: Acoustic and physiological characteristics of four genres of traditional Japanese singing were extracted. Subjects were professional singers of each genre: Sohkyoku, Yohkyoku, Minyoh, and Kyogen. Audio and video‐fiberseopic recordings were made, while the singers were producing the singing voice of some typical phrases of their singing modes and the speaking voice as well. EGG recording was also made for a singer of Kyogen. Spectral analyses revealed prominent peaks at 4–4.5 kHz in the subject's singing voice, implying an evidence for the “singing formant” of traditional Japanese singing. Acoustic characteristics of the peculiar tone ornament suggest that the singers controlled F0 and intensity independently. Fiberscopic observation of the vocal tract and EGG signals provided some physiological bases to understand the singers' fine control of the phonatory system for such specific voice production.
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