Formant Detuning
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The tuning of a resonance frequency peak away from a harmonic to weaken its formant effect. Used with F2 in cis female and/or treble upper range to reduce shrillness and with F1 in cis male voices to avoid fR1:1fo tracking on close vowels; what some pedagogues call ‘whoop’ or ‘hoot’ timbre.[1]
- ↑ "NATS July 2022 Pedagogy Workshop Working Group Three Science-Informed Terminology and Definitions for Voice Pedagogy" (PDF). Science-Informed Voice Pedagogy Resources. Retrieved February 12 2025.
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