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Pitch profile of the Glottal Whistle

Edgerton, Michael LU orcid (2013) In Malaysian Journal of Science 32(1). p.78-85
Abstract
This paper presents a previously unreported method of laryngeal vocal sound production that is capable of producing pitches even higher than the whistle register (M3). Colloquially known as the glottal whistle (here referred to as M4), this method has a wider range than M3 and features frequent instances of biphonation, which is of interest for those involved with contemporary and improvised music. Pitch profile analyses of M4 have found the majority of fundamental frequency (f0) activity to be between 1 and 3 kHz, while the most frequently seen range was between 1000 to 1,500 Hz. Remarkably, multiple singers were able to produce f0 higher than the highest tone on the piano.
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tan, s ; evans, g ; Jang, MH ; Kim, BK ; Loo, FY ; Pan, KC ; Hashim, N and Amin, J
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Malaysian Journal of Science
volume
32
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1
pages
8 pages
publisher
University of Malaya
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  • scopus:84893577648
ISSN
0126-7906
project
voice research
language
English
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yes
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  author       = {{Edgerton, Michael}},
  issn         = {{0126-7906}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{1}},
  pages        = {{78--85}},
  publisher    = {{University of Malaya}},
  series       = {{Malaysian Journal of Science}},
  title        = {{Pitch profile of the Glottal Whistle}},
  volume       = {{32}},
  year         = {{2013}},
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