Voice classification and vocal tract of singers: a study of x-ray images and morphology

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Beitragende

  • Friederike Roers - , Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber Dresden (Autor:in)
  • Dirk Mürbe - , Klinik und Poliklinik für Hals-Nasen-Ohrenheilkunde (Autor:in)
  • Johan Sundberg - (Autor:in)

Abstract

This investigation compares vocal tract dimensions and the classification of singer voices by examining an x-ray material assembled between 1959 and 1991 of students admitted to the solo singing education at the University of Music, Dresden, Germany. A total of 132 images were available to analysis. Different classifications' values of the lengths of the total vocal tract, the pharynx, and mouth cavities as well as of the relative position of the larynx, the height of the palatal arch, and the estimated vocal fold length were analyzed statistically, and some significant differences were found. The length of the pharynx cavity seemed particularly influential on the total vocal tract length, which varied systematically with classification. Also studied were the relationships between voice classification and the body height and weight and the body mass index. The data support the hypothesis that there are consistent morphological vocal tract differences between singers of different voice classifications.

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)503-12
Seitenumfang10
FachzeitschriftThe Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
Jahrgang125
Ausgabenummer1
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - Jan. 2009
Peer-Review-StatusJa
Extern publiziertJa

Externe IDs

Scopus 58649105303

Schlagworte

Schlagwörter

  • Adolescent, Adult, Cervical Vertebrae/diagnostic imaging, Female, Humans, Larynx/diagnostic imaging, Male, Occupations, Pharynx/diagnostic imaging, Radiography, Speech, Trachea/diagnostic imaging, Vocal Cords/physiology, Voice Quality, Young Adult