Abstract
A physiological interpretation of vocal registers
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Vol.66(S1), pp.S56-S56
11/01/1979
DOI: 10.1121/1.2017833
Abstract
Vocal registers have been described acoustically and perceptually, but little is yet known about register control at the muscular level. An attempt is made here to describe vocal registers as stable or transitional regions in a four-dimensional space consisting of cricothyroid, thyroarytenoid, interarytenoid, and pulmonary stress. The chest register is shown to be the central and most stable region where conditions for oscillation are optimal. Falsetto and glottal stop are other physiologically stable and robust regions, but conditions for oscillation are less favorable. Vocal fry and creaky phonation tend to manifest themselves as transitional states between stop, chest, and falsetto. Glottographic, electromyographic, and computer simulation data are combined to show the relationships between acoustic, configurational, and muscular characteristics of vocal registers. [Work supported by NINCDS.]
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- A physiological interpretation of vocal registers
- Creators
- I. R. Titze - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Abstract
- Publication Details
- The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Vol.66(S1), pp.S56-S56
- DOI
- 10.1121/1.2017833
- ISSN
- 0001-4966
- eISSN
- 1520-8524
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 11/01/1979
- Academic Unit
- School of Music; Communication Sciences and Disorders
- Record Identifier
- 9984719853402771
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