Journal article
Emma Seiler: An Old and New Look at Soprano Formant Tuning
Journal of singing, Vol.82(1), pp.67-75
09/2025
DOI: 10.53830/sing.00151
Abstract
Emma Seiler (1821–1886) was one of the first science-informed singing pedagogues, and her framework for understanding vocal registration influenced generations of pedagogues. In this column, we use linear source–filter theory to analyze Seiler’s 164-year-old vowel recommendations for training the soprano voice. As in the writings of her colleague Hermann Helmholtz, Emma Seiler’s work is remarkably prescient and relevant to our contemporary understanding of the voice.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Emma Seiler: An Old and New Look at Soprano Formant Tuning
- Creators
- David MeyerChristian T. Herbst
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of singing, Vol.82(1), pp.67-75
- DOI
- 10.53830/sing.00151
- ISSN
- 2769-4046
- eISSN
- 2769-4046
- Number of pages
- 9
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 09/2025
- Academic Unit
- School of Music; Communication Sciences and Disorders
- Record Identifier
- 9984948001902771
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