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Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 131, 1 - Part 2 (2012) 951-962

Glottal behavior in the high soprano range and the transition to the whistle register

Maëva Garnier (  Auteur correspondant ) 1, 2, Nathalie Henrich 2, Lise Crevier-Buchman 3, Coralie Vincent 3, John Smith 1, Joe Wolfe 1

(01/01/2012)

The high soprano range was investigated by acoustic and electroglottographic measurements of 12 sopranos and high-speed endoscopy of one of these. A single laryngeal transition was observed on glissandi above the primo passaggio. It supports the existence of two distinct laryngeal mechanisms in the high soprano range: M2 and M3, underlying head and whistle registers. The laryngeal transition occurred gradually over several tones within the interval D#5-D6. It occurred over a wider range and was completed at a higher pitch for trained than untrained sopranos. The upper limit of the laryngeal transition during glissandi was accompanied by pitch jumps or instabilities, but, for most singers, it did not coincide with the upper limit of R1:f0 tuning (i.e., tuning the first resonance to the fundamental frequency). However, pitch jumps could also be associated with changes in resonance tuning. Four singers demonstrated an overlap range over which they could sing with a full head or fluty resonant quality. Glottal behaviors underlying these two qualities were similar to the M2 and M3 mechanisms respectively. Pitch jumps and discontinuous glottal and spectral changes characteristic of a M2-M3 laryngeal transition were observed on decrescendi produced within this overlap range.

1 :	University of New South Wales - School of Physics (UNSW)
	University of New South Wales
2 :	Grenoble Images Parole Signal Automatique (GIPSA-lab)
	CNRS : UMR5216 – Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble I – Université Pierre-Mendès-France - Grenoble II – Université Stendhal - Grenoble III – Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology
3 :	Laboratoire de Phonétique et Phonologie (LPP)
	CNRS : UMR7018 – Université Paris III - Sorbonne nouvelle

Équipe de recherche : PCMD GAMA - SLD

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Physique/Mécanique/Acoustique Sciences de l'ingénieur/Acoustique

Mots Clés : Singing – Laryngeal Mechanism – Vocal Registers – Whistle voice – Sopranos – High pitch

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