An Acoustic Analysis of Creaky Voice Patterns in Singing
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Alexsandro R. Meireles
Abstract
This chapter proposes to introduce the differences and similarities regarding voice creakiness in speech, and then to apply this knowledge to the study of singing. We consider vocal fry and creaky voice to be different vocal processes in singing. The main difference is the lack of notes in vocal fry in comparison to creaky voice. This is due to the fact that the notes are the musical result of perceived variation in the fundamental frequency of the vocal folds. Some acoustic analysis will exemplify these vocal differences in selected songs. The spectral analyses have shown that modal voice is much more irregular than creaky voice in relation to the parameters jitter, shimmer, and harmonics-to-noise ratio.
Abstract
This chapter proposes to introduce the differences and similarities regarding voice creakiness in speech, and then to apply this knowledge to the study of singing. We consider vocal fry and creaky voice to be different vocal processes in singing. The main difference is the lack of notes in vocal fry in comparison to creaky voice. This is due to the fact that the notes are the musical result of perceived variation in the fundamental frequency of the vocal folds. Some acoustic analysis will exemplify these vocal differences in selected songs. The spectral analyses have shown that modal voice is much more irregular than creaky voice in relation to the parameters jitter, shimmer, and harmonics-to-noise ratio.
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Preface V
- Contents IX
- Prosody and L2 Learning Interface: The Case of Spanish L2 and Brazilian Portuguese L1 Intonation 1
- The Role of Prosody in the Processing of Ambiguities in Brazilian Portuguese 31
- Defining and Identifying Discourse Markers in Spontaneous Speech 65
- A Contribution to a Better Understanding of Silent Pause 103
- Perceptual and Physiological Correlates of Voice Quality Settings 127
- Multimodal Analysis of Speech Attractiveness Expression 151
- Posture and Gestures Can Affect the Prosodic Speaker Impact in a Remote Presentation 181
- An Acoustic Analysis of Creaky Voice Patterns in Singing 223
- Evaluating OpenAI’s Whisper ASR for Punctuation Prediction and Topic Modeling of life histories of the Museum of the Person 247
- Index
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Preface V
- Contents IX
- Prosody and L2 Learning Interface: The Case of Spanish L2 and Brazilian Portuguese L1 Intonation 1
- The Role of Prosody in the Processing of Ambiguities in Brazilian Portuguese 31
- Defining and Identifying Discourse Markers in Spontaneous Speech 65
- A Contribution to a Better Understanding of Silent Pause 103
- Perceptual and Physiological Correlates of Voice Quality Settings 127
- Multimodal Analysis of Speech Attractiveness Expression 151
- Posture and Gestures Can Affect the Prosodic Speaker Impact in a Remote Presentation 181
- An Acoustic Analysis of Creaky Voice Patterns in Singing 223
- Evaluating OpenAI’s Whisper ASR for Punctuation Prediction and Topic Modeling of life histories of the Museum of the Person 247
- Index
