Search for dissertations about: "voice source"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 30 swedish dissertations containing the words voice source.

  2. 1. The Voice Source in Speech Communication - Production and Perception Experiments Involving Inverse Filtering and Synthesis

    Author : Christer Gobl; KTH; []
    Keywords : Voice source dynamics; glottal source parameters; source-filter interaction; voice quality; phonation; perception; affect; emotion; mood; attitude; paralinguistic; inverse filtering; knowledge-based; formant synthesis; LF model; fundamental frequency;

    Abstract : This thesis explores, through a number of production andperception studies, the nature of the voice source signal andhow it varies in spoken communication. Research is alsopresented that deals with the techniques and methodologies foranalysing and synthesising the voice source. READ MORE

  4. 2. Why so different? - Aspects of voice characteristics in operatic and musical theatre singing : Aspects of voice characteristics in operatic and musical theatre singing

    Author : Eva Björkner; Anders Askenfelt; Ronald C. Scherer; KTH; []
    Keywords : HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; operatic singing; musical theatre singing; voice source; subglottal pressure; flow glottogram; inverse filtering; formant frequencies; amplitude quotient AQ ; Music; Musikvetenskap;

    Abstract : This thesis addresses aspects of voice characteristics in operatic and musical theatre singing. The common aim of the studies was to identify respiratory, phonatory and resonatory characteristics accounting for salient voice timbre differences between singing styles. READ MORE

  5. 3. The Orphic Voice : T. S. Eliot and the Mallarmean Quest for Meaning

    Author : Åke Strandberg; Ronald Bush; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; English language; Engelska; English language; Engelska språket; English; Engelska;

    Abstract : This thesis explores certain common denominators in the work of T. S. Eliot and the French symbolist poets. READ MORE

  6. 4. From Air to Aria. Relevance of Respiratory Behaviour to Voice Function in Classical Western Vocal Art

    Author : Monica Thomasson; KTH; []
    Keywords : Abdominal wall; breathing; consistency; inhalation; lung volume; respiratory behaviour; phonation; rib cage; singers; singing; subglottal pressure; tracheal pull; vertical laryngeal position; voice source.;

    Abstract : While previous studies of opera singers’respiratorybehaviour have focused on kinematic or dynamic aspects mainly,this thesis attempts to adopt a broader perspective. Not onlylung volumes, rib cage and abdominal wall kinematics areconsidered, but also the effects of lung volumes and respiratorybehaviour on phonation characteristics. READ MORE

  7. 5. Voicelanding - Exploring the scenographic potential of acoustic sound in site-sensitive performance

    Author : Mareike Dobewall; Wilhelm Carlsson; Michael Francis Duch; Stockholms konstnärliga högskola; []
    Keywords : HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Space; sound; body; embodied; spatial; scenography; sonic scenography; participation; music; composition; singing; spatial sonic expression; ephemeral community; mattering; seeding; seminando; site; site-sensitive; site-specific; relation; co-creation; collaboration; spaces as voice teachers; listening into; listening; landing; space-care; the body of sound; un-un-listening; voice; interaction; spatial sound performance; senses; in-between; sense-based; Aesthetic subjects; Estetiska ämnen; Utbildning på forskarnivå i performativa och mediala praktiker; Third-Cycle Studies in Performative and Mediated Practices; Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Fine Arts in Performative and Media Based Practices with Specialisation in Opera; Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Fine Arts in Performative and Media Based Practices with Specialisation in Opera;

    Abstract : This practical artistic research project (Documented Artistic Research Project (Doctoral Thesis)) explores how the performance of acoustic sound in dialogue with site can create a sonic scenography, experienced by an audience from within the sonic structures. Six art projects were carried out in the context of this research. READ MORE