Sunday, January 26, 2014

Elizabeth Tait McCoy Ch. 5

a) What minimum frequency rang is required to view the impact of both vowel and singer's formants in a spectrogram? 11kHz
b) What are the differences between narrowband and wideband spectrograms? Narrowband allows for greater analysis of pitch accuracy, but wideband allows for analysis of formants that cover wide ranges.  
c) What types of analysis can be sued to help a singer develop a chiaroscuro timbre? A feedback that shows the singers Formant would assist in that.  
d) What type of analysis is best suited to help a singer develop an vibrato? It needs to be a feedback that includes a time element, so a simple spectrogram would be best.
e) Why does realtime analysis feedback often work better for male voices than females voices? The harmonics are so high for female voices, that they do not show up on the feedback.  
f) What is the minimum sample rate required to analyze frequencies in the 0-11kHz range? 22kHz
g) Why is formant analysis with LPC often inaccurate? At pitch levels above E4, the F0 and F1 get confused...
h) what is meant by the term closed quotient? the length of time between closed and open glottal movement.
i) Why is EGG analysis considered to be noninvasive?  The monitors rest on the skin on the neck, nothing goes inside the actual vocal tract.  
j) What is spirometry? the procedure that measures breath capacity.
 

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