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Changes in the voice production of solo singers across concert halls
Paul Luizard1, Nathalie Henrich Bernardoni2
1Audio Communication Group, Technische Universität Berlin, Einsteinufer 17c, Berlin D-10587, Germany.
Abstract:
To investigate the influence of room acoustics on singing, four lyrical singers (soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone) performed four musical pieces in eight different venues (from dry studio to reverberant church). In addition to vocal intensity measured by a near-field microphone, glottal behavior (vibratory fundamental frequency and contact quotient) was assessed by electroglottography. Statistical linear mixed models showed that the variance in vocal performance was partly explained by room acoustics. Complementary to previous results on voice musical features influenced by timbre and level of the room's response, voice production parameters were mostly influenced by spatial aspects of the room's response.
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