Abstract
Pitch control in professional and amateur singers
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Vol.139(4), pp.2068-2068
04/2016
DOI: 10.1121/1.4950131
Abstract
One aspect of major relevance to singing is the control of fundamental frequency. Ten amateur and ten professional singers sang two-octave arpeggi with three different levels of external auditory feedback, two tempi and two articulations (legato or staccato). The effects on pitch inaccuracy (defined as the distance in cents between the reference note and the sung note) of the following conditions were evaluated: (1) level of external feedback, (2) tempo (slow or fast), (3) articulation (legato or staccato), (4) tessitura (low, medium, or high), and (5) semi-phrase direction (ascending or descending). It was observed that inaccuracy was greatest in the descending semi-phrase arpeggi produced at a fast tempo and with a staccato articulation, especially for non-professional singers. The magnitude of inaccuracy was also relatively large in the high tessitura relative to the low and medium tessitura for such singers. Counter to predictions, when external auditory feedback was strongly attenuated or canceled by the hearing protectors, non-professional singers showed greater pitch accuracy than in the other external feedback conditions, which indicates the importance of internal auditory feedback in pitch control. With an increase in training, the singer's pitch inaccuracy decreases.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Pitch control in professional and amateur singers
- Creators
- Pasquale Bottalico - Michigan State UniversitySimone Graetzer - Michigan State UniversityEric J. Hunter - Michigan State University
- Resource Type
- Abstract
- Publication Details
- The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Vol.139(4), pp.2068-2068
- DOI
- 10.1121/1.4950131
- ISSN
- 0001-4966
- eISSN
- 1520-8524
- Number of pages
- 1
- Date published
- 04/2016
- Academic Unit
- Communication Sciences and Disorders
- Record Identifier
- 9984447835602771
Metrics
1 Record Views