Singer's high formant associated with different larynx position in styles of singing

Abstract

This paper is a further presentation and discussion of the author's voice research and previous paper and film on singer's (high) formant associated with different larynx position in styles of singing. The main results and points are: 1. The singer's high formant pattern varies with similar characteristic (two to four high and often compact energy peaks, including a possible extra peak fe, in the bright frequency range); 2. The fe is also found in high laryngeal singing and does not necessarily appear as a typical acoustic feature in all professional singing voice; 3. Sundberg's lowered larynx interpretation does not explain the extra formant, singer's formant, and voice quality; 4. Sundberg's different definitions of singer's formant are not inclusive of the various formant patterns of singing associated with different laryngeal position and different types; 5. The author also suggests a definition for the singer's formant; 6. The low laryngeal position could be yet regarded as a distinctive feature for the covered singing voice though not for the trained singing voice; 7. The source characteristics and the interaction between the source and the supra/sub glottal systems are possibly different in styles of singing associated with various laryngeal positions. © 1986, Acoustical Society of Japan. All rights reserved.