Acoustic Registers

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The timbral transitions and range segments that occur as a result of harmonic/resonance interactions. All acoustic register transitions involve interactions of the lower numbered source harmonics with the first and/or second resonance of the vocal tract. See also: close timbre, open timbre, voce chiusa, and voce aperta, as well as ‘hoot’ timbre and ‘whoop’ timbre (the last two terms cited from Donald Miller and Ken Bozeman, respectively).[1]

  1. "NATS July 2022 Pedagogy Workshop Working Group Three Science-Informed Terminology and Definitions for Voice Pedagogy" (PDF). Science-Informed Voice Pedagogy Resources. Retrieved January 13, 2025.

Authored by: Paige De La O

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