Can Inexperienced Listeners Hear Who Is Singing? The Role of Onset Cues

Journal of Voice : Official Journal of the Voice Foundation
Molly L Erickson

Abstract

This study sought to determine whether the acoustic information contained in the onset of phonation can improve the ability to discriminate voices across pitch. This study was a repeated-measures factorial design. Listeners heard two singers producing /ɑ/ at the same pitch and an unknown singer producing /ɑ/ at a different pitch. Listener's identified which singer was the unknown singer. Two baritones and two tenors were recorded producing /ɑ/ at the pitches C3, E3, G3, B3, D4, and F4. Two sopranos and two mezzo-sopranos were recorded producing /ɑ/ at the pitches C4, E4, G4, B4, D5, and F5. For each group of stimuli, male and female, all possible pairs of singers were constructed for the lowest pitch. The unknown singer was varied across the remaining pitches. All stimulus combinations were presented with and without onset cues. In general, the inclusion of onset information affected listeners' ability to discriminate singers across pitch. When the pitch interval was small, a 3rd or a 5th, onset information improved the ability to correctly discriminate singers across pitch. This effect was greater for female voices than for male voices. However, when the pitch interval was larger, a 7th, 9th, or 11th, the onset information eit...Continue Reading

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Jul 20, 2019·Cognition·Nadine LavanCarolyn McGettigan
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