Journal article
Voice Research and Technology: Quantifying Tessitura in a Song
Journal of singing, Vol.65(1), pp.59-61
09/01/2008
Abstract
The tessitura of a song tends to be associated with the distribution of pitches, measured in frequency of occurrence and duration of each occurrence. The aria "Il mio tesoro intanto" from Mozart's opera "Don Giovanni" is notorious for its tessitura. It was examined and measured using the four formal definitions of vocal doses: time dose, cycle dose, distance dose, and energy dose. Although C4 has the greatest number of occurrences in the aria, F4 has the greatest accumulated duration (time dose). In terms of cycle dose, the pitch F4 encounters 5,584 cycles of vibration. To relate the tessitura of the song to the tessitura of the singer, the voice range profile needs to be considered. The tessitura of a singer may not match the tessitura of a song.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Voice Research and Technology: Quantifying Tessitura in a Song
- Creators
- Ingo Titze
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of singing, Vol.65(1), pp.59-61
- Publisher
- National Association of Teachers of Singing, Inc
- ISSN
- 1086-7732
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 09/01/2008
- Academic Unit
- School of Music; Communication Sciences and Disorders
- Record Identifier
- 9984719852102771
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