Journal article
Acoustic interactions of the voice source with the lower vocal tract
Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Vol.101(4), pp.2234-2243
1997
DOI: 10.1121/1.418246
Abstract
The linear source-filter theory of speech production assumes that vocal fold vibration is independent of the vocal tract. The justification is that the glottis often behaves as a high-impedance (constant flow) source. Recent imaging of the vocal tract has demonstrated, however, that the epilarynx tube is quite narrow, making the input impedance to the vocal tract comparable to the glottal impedance. Strong interactions can exist, therefore. In particular, the inertance of the vocal tract facilitates vocal fold vibration by lowering the oscillation threshold pressure. This has a significant impact on singing. Not only does the epilarynx tube produce the desirable singer's formant (vocal ring), but it acts like the mouthpiece of a trumpet to shape the flow and influence the mode of vibration. Effects of the piriform sinuses, pharynx expansion, and nasal coupling are also discussed.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Acoustic interactions of the voice source with the lower vocal tract
- Creators
- Ingo R TitzeBrad H Story - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Vol.101(4), pp.2234-2243
- Publisher
- ACOUSTICAL SOC AMER AMER INST PHYSICS
- DOI
- 10.1121/1.418246
- ISSN
- 0001-4966
- eISSN
- 1520-8524
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 1997
- Academic Unit
- Communication Sciences and Disorders; School of Music
- Record Identifier
- 9984719565302771
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