Naslov
Long-term average spectra in professional Croatian folk singing: A comparison of the klapa and dozivacki styles

Autori
Boersma, Paul ; Kovačić, Gordana

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, neobjavljeni rad, znanstveni

Skup
5th Paneuropean Voice Conference

Mjesto i datum
Graz, Austrija, 28.08.2003. - 31.08.2003

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
Croatian folk singing; klapa- and dozivacki-singing; LTAS; singer's formant; shouter's formant

Sažetak
In Croatia, different folk singing styles have been inherited over long periods of time. To examine the differences between the klapa and dozivacki styles, singing voices of 12 professional male singers were digitally recorded and analysed for long-term average spectrum (LTAS) in the Praat program. All the singers were members of the National Folk Ensemble of Croatia LADO, which practises songs and dances from all regions of the country. Each singer performed a song representing the klapa style as well as a song representing the dozivacki style. The LTAS contours of both the klapa and the dozivacki styles showed no evidence of the strong narrow singer's formant. Actually, the averaged LTAS curve for the dozivacki style showed a broader spectral peak in the frequency range between 2.200 and 3.800 Hz (these are the -10 dB points), while the klapa style showed two peaks in an even broader frequency region. The more pronounced peak in the dozivacki style may be the effect of the louder singing production typically employed in the vocal production of this style, rather than evidence of the singer's formant. The results seem to be in agreement with very few previous studies about folk/country singing styles.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Elektrotehnika, Pedagogija, Etnologija i antropologija

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