High larynx closed quotient makes singing acoustically more efficient

Evidence

Howard and colleagues suggest that the higher CQ provides the potential for a more efficient voice output by three means: (i) the time in each cycle during which there is an acoustic path via the open vocal folds to the lungs, where sound is essentially completely absorbed, is reduced, (ii) longer notes can be sustained, since less — David M. Howard, Jamie Angus, Acoustics and Psychoacoustics, 1332

Categorization

Category: Causal Relationships

Related

• Higher closed quotient increases vocal efficiency through reduced lung sound leakage (similarity 0.93)
• Voice training measurably raises the larynx closed quotient across singers. (similarity 0.88)
• Trained singers show higher glottal closed quotient than untrained singers (similarity 0.88)