Singing is humanity’s most versatile instrument and a real research field
Evidence
The singing voice is probably the most versatile of all musical instruments. Anyone who can speak is capable of singing, but we are not all destined to be opera or pop stars. While considerable mystique surrounds the work of some singing teachers and how they achieve their results, the acoustics of the singing voice is now established as a research topic in its own right. — David Howard, Jamie Angus, coustics and Psychoacoustics, 1332
Categorization
- QUESTION: What specifically makes the voice ‘most versatile’ acoustically versus say a modern synthesizer? Worth chasing as it frames the reader’s psychoacoustic interpretation of voice.
- XREF: Connects to the reader’s interest in how life is interpreted through psychoacoustics — the voice as humanity’s primary instrument. — connects to: Singing voice acoustics is now a legitimate research field — David M. Howard, Jamie Angus, Acoustics and Psychoacoustics, 1320; The singing voice is the most versatile of all musical instruments — David Howard, Jamie Angus, coustics and Psychoacoustics, 1332; All musical instruments and voices share a source-filter acoustic structure — David Howard, Jamie Angus, coustics and Psychoacoustics, 2592 (+1 more)
Broader Connections
- Singing voice acoustics is now a legitimate research field
#corroborates(0.95) — David M. Howard, Jamie Angus, Acoustics and Psychoacoustics, 1320 - The singing voice is the most versatile of all musical instruments
#corroborates(0.90) — David Howard, Jamie Angus, coustics and Psychoacoustics, 1332 - All musical instruments and voices share a source-filter acoustic structure
#exemplifies(0.75) — David Howard, Jamie Angus, coustics and Psychoacoustics, 2592 - Overtone singing selects harmonics with sharp vocal-tract resonances to create melodies
#exemplifies(0.72) — Ville Pulkki, Matti Karjalainen, Communication Acoustics- An…, 632