Chiaroscuro

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An Italian term meaning “bright–dark” or “clear–dark” borrowed from art history to describe an ideal resonance balance between low and high frequency components in Western classical singing. It is usually accomplished (in middle and lower ranges) by some balance in power between the first formant and the singer’s formant cluster, or possibly between the first and second formants.[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 20, 2025.

Authored by: Paige De La O

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