Quality assessment of intonation of choir singers using F0 and trend lines for singing sequence

• Autorzy: Półrolniczak E. , Łazoryszczak M.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

In this paper a part of quality assessment process of the intonation of singing voice is described. Intonation is understood here as the ability to precisely reproduce a given pitch. Such evaluation is typically performed by voice production experts (voice trainers) or other persons associated with singing. For the purpose of determining the quality of intonation an exercise performed by singers on subsequent pitches was proposed in the article. One of pitch extraction methods is used to determine the fundamental frequency and estimate the F0 trajectory. Based on the obtained trajectory, an attempt is made to determine a general trend among tested singers. It is also indicated, that it is possible to point out problems in singing for tested persons, which can be useful in further stages of voice training.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

singing voice; intonation; quality of singing voice; pitch

PL

śpiewny głos; intonacja; jakość głosu śpiewaczego; natężenie

• Wydawca: Komisja Informatyki Polskiej Akademii Nauk, Oddział w Gdańsku
• Czasopismo: Metody Informatyki Stosowanej
• Rocznik: 2011
• Tom: nr 4
• Strony: 259--268
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 12 poz., rys., tab.

Twórcy

autor

Półrolniczak E.

autor

Łazoryszczak M.

• West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin (Poland), Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology

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