Slight mistuning among voices fuses into a single pleasant tone
Evidence
No one mistakes a chorus for a soloist, and vice versa. Nor are 20 violins ever mistaken for a single violin. Yet if all singers are somehow in exact lockstep unison, with no vibrato or frequency drift, the sound some distance away would be indistinguishable from that attainable by a single voice. — Eric J. Heller, Why You Hear What You Hear- An…, 418 (
#expands, via linked claim)
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: A chorus can have definite pitch even when every singer is slightly off pitch; Perfectly synchronized voices are acoustically indistinguishable from one voice — Eric J. Heller, Why You Hear What You Hear- An…, 418; Two simultaneous pure tones may fuse rather than be heard separately. (+2 more)
Related
- Adding a detuned copy of a voice makes it sound like a choir. (similarity 0.94)
- Perfectly synchronized voices are acoustically indistinguishable from one voice (similarity 0.90)
- Slightly mistuned voices perceptually fuse into one pitched tone (similarity 0.90)
- A chorus can have definite pitch even when every singer is slightly off pitch (similarity 0.86)
- Mistuned voices destroy phase predictability and broaden perceived pitch (similarity 0.83)
- Off-pitch choral singers still yield a definite collective pitch (similarity 0.81)
- Two simultaneous pure tones may fuse rather than be heard separately. (similarity 0.79)
Broader Connections
- Two simultaneous pure tones may fuse rather than be heard separately.
#corroborates(0.90) - Perfectly synchronized voices are acoustically indistinguishable from one voice
#expands(0.85) — Eric J. Heller, Why You Hear What You Hear- An…, 418 - Adding a detuned copy of a voice makes it sound like a choir.
#exemplifies(0.85) - A convincing chorus emerges from 5 to 10 slightly pitch-shifted copies
#expands(0.80)