Automatic Assessment of Acoustic Parameters of the Singing Voice: Application to Professional Western Operatic and Jazz Singers

Journal of Voice : Official Journal of the Voice Foundation
C ManfrediPhilippe H Dejonckere

Abstract

The obvious perceptual differences between various singing styles like Western operatic and jazz rely on specific dissimilarities in vocal technique. The present study focuses on differences in vibrato acoustics and in singer's formant as analyzed by a novel software tool, named BioVoice, based on robust high-resolution and adaptive techniques that have proven its validity on synthetic voice signals. A total of 48 professional singers were investigated (29 females; 19 males; 29 Western operatic; and 19 jazz). They were asked to sing "a cappella," but with artistic expression, a well-known musical phrase from Gershwin's Porgy and Bess, in their own style: either operatic or jazz. A specific sustained note was extracted for detailed vibrato analysis. Beside rate (s(-1)) and extent (cents), duration (seconds) and regularity were computed. Two new concepts are introduced: vibrato jitter and vibrato shimmer, by analogy with the traditional jitter and shimmer of voice signals. For the singer's formant, on the same sustained tone, the ratio of the acoustic energy in formants 1-2 to the energy in formants 3, 4, and 5 was automatically computed, providing a quality ratio (QR). Vibrato rates did not differ among groups. Extent was signif...Continue Reading

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Dec 27, 2015·Journal of Voice : Official Journal of the Voice Foundation·Françoise VanheckePhilippe H DeJonckere
Apr 16, 2016·Logopedics, Phoniatrics, Vocology·Christian T HerbstPer-Åke Lindestad
Oct 16, 2016·Journal of Voice : Official Journal of the Voice Foundation·Manuj Yadav, Densil Cabrera
Aug 21, 2020·Journal of Voice : Official Journal of the Voice Foundation·Joshua D Glasner, Aaron M Johnson
Feb 15, 2020·Journal of Voice : Official Journal of the Voice Foundation·Rachel Stern, John Nix

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