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From:  "Lloyd W. Hanson" <lloyd.hanson@n...>
Date:  Thu Aug 31, 2000  9:46 pm
Subject:  Re: [vocalist-temporary] Re: Source of frequencies was:Falsetto Recognition


Reg:

A short reply. More later after the Labor Day weekend.

It appears that you are assuming that the strength of the partial in
the phonated sound is the only possible source of strength in the
resonated tone. There is the physical phenomenon of an originating
tone being amplified acoustically by a resonating chamber. Of
course, for this to happen the energy must come from somewhere and
the difficulty is from where? The resonating characteristic of a
closed tube is able, if conditions are correct, to borrow (as it
were) energy from dampened partials or partials that are not
resonated as strongly as their original strength upon entering the
resonating space. Perhaps this energy is transmuted to provide the
increase in acoustic amplification in addition to that more naturally
supplied by the emphasis of particular partials.

There is also very strong evidence to indicate that the male voice is
incapable of producing a fundamental throughout its total range until
it reaches the frequency of about G4 and above. What we hear is the
spectrum of partials that would normally be found with a given
fundamental and our ears (or minds) provide the phantom fundamental.
If this is so, then the calculations of relative strengths of the
partials would change appreciably.

Interesting subject.

--
Lloyd W. Hanson, DMA
Professor of Voice, Pedagogy
School of Performing Arts
Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, AZ 86011


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