Category: JOHAN SUNDBERG

Leonardo FUKS , Britta HAMMARBERG, Johan SUNDBERG : A self-sustained vocal-ventricular phonation mode: acoustical, aerodynamic and glottographic evidences

A self-sustained vocal-ventricular phonation mode: acoustical, aerodynamic and glottographic evidences

Authors
Leonardo Fuks, Britta Hammarberg, Johan Sundberg
Publication date
1998/3
Journal
KTH TMH-QPSR
Volume
3
Issue
1998
Pages
49-59
Description
This investigation describes various characteristics of a particular phonation mode, vocal-ventricular mode (VVM), as produced by a healthy, musically-trained subject. This phonation mode was judged as perceptually identical to that used in the Tibetan chant tradition. VVM covered a range close to an octave, starting at about 50 Hz. High-speed glottography revealed that the ventricular folds oscillated at half the frequency of the vocal folds thus yielding a frequency of f/2. Phonation at f/3 was also possible. Presumably, aerodynamic forces produced by the glottal flow pulses sustained the vibrations of the ventricular folds. Complementary aspects of this type of phonation were compared to phonation in modal and pulse registers by acoustical analysis of the audio signal, by inverse filtering of the flow signal and by electroglottography (EGG). In addition, oesophageal pressures were measured. These analyses …
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Scholar articles
L Fuks, B Hammarberg, J Sundberg – KTH TMH-QPSR, 1998

Interviews on Voice Matters: Episode #12 with Johan Sundberg

Interviews on Voice Matters: Episode #12 with Johan Sundberg

Published on May 2, 2018

Johan Sundberg, an iconic researcher in the field of voice science, talks about his early career and his hopes for the future of the field. Professor Sundberg will be presenting and teaching in the US this summer. May 23-27 at Indiana University for KNOW YOUR VOICE: http://music.indiana.edu/precollege/a… June 22 at the NATS conference: https://www.nats.org/Potentials_of_Mo… Also look up his book The Science of Singing Voice! More Free Resources: https://loverevolutionvocalstudio.com… Blog: http://blog.loverevolutionvocalstudio…

Johan Sundberg – The voice as a musical instrument

Johan Sundberg – The voice as a musical instrument

Published on Apr 29, 2014

CIRMMT Distinguished Lectures in the Science and Technology of Music Johan Sundberg, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden 22 January 2009 –
Clara Lichtenstein Recital Hall http://www.cirmmt.org/activities/dist… https://www.facebook.com/CIRMMT/ APA video citation: Sundberg, J. (2014, April 29).
The voice as a musical instrument – CIRMMT Distinguished Lectures in the Science and Technology of Music. [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxFVj…

Singing voice (La voix chantée), par Johan Sundberg [ASV5.4]

Singing voice (La voix chantée), par Johan Sundberg [ASV5.4]

Published on Jun 28, 2018

Atelier Sciences et Voix sur le thème de la voix chantée, animé par Johan Sundberg, Professeur émérite au Department of Speech Music Hearing, School of Computer Science and Communication, KTH, Stockholm Sweden and University College of Music Education Stockholm, Sweden.
Jeudi 08 Février 2018 à Grenoble. http://atelier-sciences-voix.fr
00:01:40 Obesity and vocal beauty
00:03:48 Source-filter theory and singer’s formant
00:07:40 Aesthetical aspects
00:11:10 Breathing
00:26:55 Analysis-by-synthesis
00:42:07 Scat singing
00:49:24 Expressive aspects
01:01:43 Questions with the audience Recherches sur la voix chantée / Researching singers’ voices
Dans cet atelier (en anglais), Johan Sundberg présente une revue de ses recherches menées sur la technique vocale des chanteurs. The talk presents examples of investigations which have aimed at understanding the vocal technique of singers. The relevance of voice research to vocal pedagogy is discussed in the light of examples of alternative facts that are still surviving among some teachers of singing. A variety of studies of the singing voice are reviewed and the advantage of analysing singers’ as opposed to untrained voices’ vocal characteristics will be discussed. Also some studies of aesthetical and expressive aspects of singing are discussed.

JOHAN SUNDBERG : Perceptual aspects of singing*

Journal of Voice

Volume 8, Issue 2, June 1994, Pages 106-122
Journal of Voice

Perceptual aspects of singing*

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Summary

The relations between acoustic and perceived characteristics ofvowel sounds are demonstrated with respect to timbre, loudness, pitch, and expressive time patterns. The conditions for perceiving an ensemble of sine tones as one tone or several tones are reviewed. There are two aspects of timbre of voice sounds: vowel quality and voice quality. Although vowel quality depends mainly on the frequencies of the lowest two formants, voice quality depends mainly on the frequencies of the higher formants. In particular, the center frequency of the so-called singer’s formant seems perceptually relevant. Vocal loudness, generally assumed to correspond closely to the sound pressure level, depends rather on the amplitude balance between the lower and the higher spectrum partials. The perceived pitch corresponds to the fundamental frequency, or for vibrato tones, the mean of this frequency. In rapid passages, such as coloratura singing, special patterns are used. Pitch and duration differences are categorically perceived in music. This means that small variations in tuning or duration do not affect the musical interval and the note value perceived. Categorical perception is used extensively in music performance for the purpose of musical expression because without violating the score, the singer may sharpen or flatten and lengthen or shorten the tones, thereby creating musical expression.

 

 

Key Words

Formant frequencies
Voice timbre
Vowel timbre
Fundamental frequency
Pitch
Coloratura
Overtone singing synthesis
Loudness
Vibrato
Singing
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This is a revised version of the author’s presentation at the20th Annual Symposium: Care of the Professional Voice, Philadelphia, 1991.

Copyright © 1994 Published by Elsevier Inc.
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