Human Beatboxing: A preliminar study on temporal reduction

Alexis Dehais Underdown (1) , Paul Vignes (1) , Lise Crevier Buchman (1, 2) , Didier Demolin (1)

1 LPP - LPP - Laboratoire de Phonétique et Phonologie - UMR 7018
2 Service d'ORL et de Chirurgie cervico-faciale - Hôpital Foch

This pilot study aims to understand the effect of speed rate on beatbox sounds. We carried out a temporal analysis on acoustic recordings of 11 Beatbox Patterns produced at 3 speeds: 90, 120 and 150 Beat Per Minute. Global results shows temporal reduction of patterns and sounds. Temporal reduction depends on the mode of articulation. However, for a same mode of articulation, sounds reduce in different ways. The position of sounds in a pattern is not correlated to temporal reduction. Although we noted temporal reduction, we only noted few omissions and beatboxing errors. Finally, we discuss the temporal organization of beatboxing gestures.

Mots clés: Human Beatboxing; Temporal Reduction; Speed Rate

Domaines: Linguistique; Linguistique

Alexis Dehais Underdown, Paul Vignes, Lise Crevier Buchman, Didier Demolin. Human Beatboxing: A preliminar study on temporal reduction. 12th International Seminar on Speech Production, 2020, Providence, United States. ⟨hal-03281118⟩