Acoustics Experiment Shows Why It’s So Hard to Make Out the Heroine’s Words at the Opera

Acoustics Experiment Shows Why It’s So Hard to Make Out the Heroine’s Words at the Opera

Vocal-tract resonances enhance the output of the vocal cords. They also create the distinctions between different vowels sounds. For sopranos singing high notes, the two functions come into conflict.

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Veröffentlicht in:Physics today 2004-03, Vol.57 (3), p.23-24
1. Verfasser: Schwarzschild, Bertram
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Acoustics
Opera
Physics
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Zusammenfassung:Vocal-tract resonances enhance the output of the vocal cords. They also create the distinctions between different vowels sounds. For sopranos singing high notes, the two functions come into conflict.
ISSN:0031-9228
1945-0699
DOI:10.1063/1.1712489