Pitch of Turning

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In the pedagogical writings of some pedagogues, the pitch at which a voice ‘turns over’ perceptually, moving from open to close timbre, just inside of an octave below the pitch of the first resonance of the vowel being sung; i.e., the pitch at which the second harmonic (2fo) crosses above the first resonance (fR1) of the vowel being sung.[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 7 2025. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= (help)

Authored by: Paige De La O

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