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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"vocal production"”.
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The Influence of the Tongue on Vocal Production
… tone for beautiful singing, major components of vocal technique, physiology related to singing and speech production, hyperfunctions associated with tongue tension, tongue involvement in the articulation of the four major singing languages, and will present exercises for training the muscles of …
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Emphasizing the Articulatory and Timbral Aspects of Vocal Production in Vocal Composition
… articulatory and timbral phenomena in vocal composition began about 1950. The first part of this paper examines the interest shown by contemporary composers, teachers of singing, and performers in articulatory and timbral phenomena, and discusses the impact of these interests on …
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A case study investigating perceptions on process and outcomes in applying the Alexander Technique in vocal production
… outcomes of applying the Alexander Technique in vocal production. The setting was the campus of a state university in the United States of America. The perceptions of three levels of participants were investigated- a master Alexander Technique teacher, a collegiate vocal professor and three …
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Crowded Voice: Speech, Music and Community in Milan, 1955-1974
… records, to pop hits. I argue the musical production for voice of this time expresses long-standing anxieties about speech and communication through the recurring use of nonsense languages, distorted recorded speech, and para-linguistic phenomena such as laughter as musical materials. The …
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The effect of bilingualism on vocal parameters related to vocal fatigue among Spanish-English bilingual speakers
… well-known that language fluency affects speech production; however, there is little information on how it affects voice production. The goal of the current study was to identify the task and acoustic measures that could be applied to future research investigating vocal production in bilingual …
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Yakety sacs: laryngeal air sac usage in great apes
… this anatomical feature attached to the primary vocal apparatus. As we are the only species that produces spoken language, this association has led to the hypothesis that the loss of lateral ventricular air sacs was necessary for the evolution of spoken language. However, why these sacs are …
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The Physics of Rodent Ultrasonic Vocalizations
… much work has been done on the physics of vocalizations caused by the vibrating motion of vocal folds, relatively little work has been done on the physics of ultrasonic vocalizations (USVs). There are two orders of mammals known to make these kind of vocalizations: cetaceans and rodents. Of …
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Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina) Reproductive Advertisement Behavior And The Effects Of Vessel Noise
… mating pinnipeds, male harbor seals produce vocalizations during the breeding season that function in male-male interactions and possibly as an attractant for females. I investigated multiple aspects of these reproductive advertisement displays in a population of harbor seals in Glacier Bay …
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Transcriptomic Signatures of Projection Class Neurons for Vocal Control
<p>Vocal learning is the ability to modify acoustic structure and syntax of vocalizations. This rare trait is thought to have independently evolved three times in birds and five times in mammals. Vocal learning species exhibit an underlying convergence in brain circuitry, including a direct, …
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The Effects of a Voice Treatment on Facial Emotional Expression in Parkinson's Disease: Expressivity, Experience, and Gender
… Finally, the neurobiological correlates between vocal production and facial expression were examined. The current study had three aims. The first one was to explore whether LSVT-LOUD® affects spontaneous facial emotional expression in PD compared to healthy control groups. Second, we examined …
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A pedagogia do canto através do movimento corporal: o uso da bola suíça e da faixa elástica no treino vocal de estudantes de canto
… are considered crucial parameters in singing production. Additionally, in a second study a vocal training program (VTP) created by the author was carried out. It comprised physical and vocal exercises with the aid of SB and EB, aimed at assessing the training impact on increasing …
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Influence of Mouse Motor Cortex on Vocal Musculature
<p>Learned vocal communication and spoken language are complex behaviors we have long sought to understand. Studying the neurobiology of speech and language will be advanced by investigating its component traits in model organisms. Most vertebrates share common brainstem circuits for vocalization, …
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Songbird Brain Organization and its Molecular Convergence with Humans for Vocal Imitation Learning
… impact on our understanding of the evolution of vocal imitation learning across species. Much is still unknown about the number and organization of unique neural cell populations in the avian brain. The avian dorsal and ventral pallium, separated by a vestigial ventricle divide, each contain …
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Lessons of Vocal Coaching Shakespeare in Hollywood: A Production Analysis
… is a personal narrative of my experience as vocal coach on a production of Ken Ludwig's Shakespeare in Hollywood directed by BT McNicholl and performed in the Raymond Hodges Theatre of Virginia Commonwealth University in November 2005. Chapter one covers my identification of the play's vocal …