Journal article
Helmholtz: The Beginning of Modern Voice Acoustics
Journal of singing, Vol.81(5), pp.563-575
05/2025
DOI: 10.53830/sing.00133
Abstract
Voice acoustics examines resonances, formants, spectral slopes and many other factors. The beginnings of this science date to the writings of visionary physicist Hermann Helmholtz (1821–1894). His research predated high-tech computer analysis but his contributions to the science of singing are unparalleled. When examined with modern tools, his work is astonishingly accurate and relevant to our contemporary understanding of the singing voice. In this article the authors examine singing voice acoustics according to Helmholtz, provide a modern tutorial of source-filter theory, and analyze Helmholtz’s vowel data with current tools.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Helmholtz: The Beginning of Modern Voice Acoustics
- Creators
- Christian T. HerbstDavid Meyer
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of singing, Vol.81(5), pp.563-575
- Publisher
- National Association of Teachers of Singing
- DOI
- 10.53830/sing.00133
- ISSN
- 2769-4046
- eISSN
- 2769-4046
- Number of pages
- 13
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 05/2025
- Academic Unit
- Communication Sciences and Disorders; School of Music
- Record Identifier
- 9984813165502771
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