Linear Source-Filter Model

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A model of speech and voice production primarily developed by speech scientist Gunnar Fant that is spatially linear, that is, that postulates a power source (breath) providing airflow to a vibrator (vocal folds), bringing them into vibration, generating a voice source signal (sound wave) containing harmonics, which are then selectively resonated by a filter (resonator; vocal tract), which transfers the filtered harmonics to the outside world through the lips. Now superseded by the nonlinear source–filter model.[1]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 March 5 2025. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= (help)

Authored by: Paige De La O

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