Unison versus Individual Singing and Elementary Students' Vocal Pitch Accuracy

1994 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Georgia A. Green
1989 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 146-157 ◽  
Author(s):  
Graham F. Welch ◽  
D. M. Howard ◽  
C. Rush

2014 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pauline Larrouy-Maestri ◽  
David Magis ◽  
Dominique Morsomme

The objective analysis of Western operatic singing voices indicates that professional singers can be particularly “out of tune.” This study aims to better understand the evaluation of operatic voices, which have particularly complex acoustical signals. Twenty-two music experts were asked to evaluate the vocal pitch accuracy of 14 sung performances with a pairwise comparison paradigm, in a test and a retest. In addition to the objective measurement of pitch accuracy (pitch interval deviation), several performance parameters (average tempo, fundamental frequency of the starting note) and quality parameters (energy distribution, vibrato rate and extent) were observed and compared to the judges’ perceptual rating. The results show high intra and interjudge reliability when rating the pitch accuracy of operatic singing voices. Surprisingly, all the parameters were significantly related to the ratings and explain 78.8% of the variability of the judges’ rating. The pitch accuracy evaluation of operatic voices is thus not based exclusively on the precision of performed music intervals but on a complex combination of performance and quality parameters.


1995 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. 222-231 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy A. Cooper

First through fifth graders' vocal pitch accuracy was examined as a Junction of grade level, gender, and the presence or absence of a unison accompanying voice. Subjects (N = 169) were tested individually, and taped responses were analyzed with Visi-Pitch technology. The vocal model was a tape-recorded child's voice singing a four-beat melodic pattern on the neutral syllable “loo.” For individual singing subjects echoed the model; for unison singing, subjects echoed the pattern simultaneously with the model. Statistical analysis revealed no significant difference between individual and unison accuracy. Fourth graders were significantly more accurate than third graders in both individual and unison conditions. Gender differences were not significant.


2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah A. Marrs ◽  
Sharon K. Zumbrunn ◽  
Lisa O. Jackson ◽  
Eric Ekholm ◽  
Morgan Debusk-Lane
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Author(s):  
Joey T. Cheng ◽  
Jessica L. Tracy ◽  
Simon Ho ◽  
Joseph Henrich
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