Real-time magnetic resonance imaging investigation of resonance tuning in soprano singing.
This article investigates using real-time magnetic resonance imaging the vocal tract shaping of 5 soprano singers during the production of two-octave scales of sung vowels. A systematic shift of the first vocal tract resonance frequency with respect to the fundamental is shown to exist for high vowels across all subjects. No consistent systematic effect on the vocal tract resonance could be shown across all of the subjects for other vowels or for the second vocal tract resonance.
Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Southern California, 3740 McClintock Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90089, USA. bresch@usc.edu
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Bresch
Shrikanth
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Narayanan
D003199:Computer Systems; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D008954:Models, Biological; D009146:Music; D010699:Phonation / Q000502:physiology; D010700:Phonetics; D014827:Vocal Cords / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology*; D014833:Voice Quality / Q000502:physiology*