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    Acoustic Characteristics

    Acoustic Characteristics of Voice in Music and Straight Theatre

    Institute for the Performing Arts and Film (IPF)

    Erarbeitung einer systematischen empirischen Grundlage zur Frage der akustischen Eigenschaften von Bühnenstimmen sowie ihrer Unterschiede zu unausgebildeten Stimmen; Aufbereitung zur Nutzung.

    Voices on stage are characterised by particularly high levels of efficiency, dynamism and projection as a result of the training actors receive. As regards acoustics, these characteristics associated with training and style are mainly described in terms of adapting articulation ('formant tuning'), greater intensity in the middle/higher frequency ranges, shaping the 'singer/speaker formant', and controlling vibrato.
    The sheer pace of technological development and its influence on both stagecraft and training calls for a critical appraisal of how reliable the existing empirical foundations actually are. The project tackles this issue, combining science and artistic interpretation. The aim is to document, in a systematic and comparative way, the acoustic properties of voices for the stage ('legit', 'belt', and spoken theatre) and how these differ from untrained voices.
    The documentation, which will take the form of a corpus of recordings and analyses, is to be used for further research and training purposes. It should also encourage people to reflect more critically on existing notions of voice production in general and the qualitative and aesthetic characteristics of the voice in particular.

    Details

    • Research Focus
      • FSP Performative Praxis
    • Project Lead
      • Dieter Maurer (IPF)
    • Applicant
      • Dieter Maurer (IPF)
      • Volker Dellwo (Universität Zürich, Phonetisches Laboratorium)
    • Team
      • Lina Maria Åkerlund (IPF)
      • Martina Bovet (IPF)
      • Christian d'Heureuse (IPF)
      • Markus Eiche (IPF)
      • Franziska Feucht (IPF)
      • Rahel Hadorn (IPF)
      • Heidy Leemann (IPF)
      • Oliver Mannel (IPF)
    • Cooperations
      • Christian Venghaus, Opernhaus Zürich
      • Universität Zürich, Phonetisches Laboratorium
      • Res Bosshart, ZHdK, Departement Darstellende Künste und Film, MA Theater, Departement Musik, Schwerpunkt Master Oper
      • Hans Peter Künzle, ZHdK, Departement Musik, Profil Jazz und Pop, Schwerpunkt Jazz
      • Heiko Freund, ZHdK, Departement Musik, Profil Jazz und Pop, Schwerpunkt Pop
    • Duration

      01.03.2013 – 31.05.2015

    • Financing
      • Schweizerischer Nationalfonds SNF (01.03.2013 – 31.05.2015)
    • Research Approaches
      • Basic research
      • Artistic-scientific research
    • Disciplines

      Theatre

    • Keywords

      Stimmausbildung, Stimme, Akustik

    • Related Projects
      • Acoustic Characteristics of Voice in Music and Straight Theatre and Related Aspects of Production and Perception (follow-up project)
    • More Links
      • Link zu Projekt I
      • Link zu Projekt II

    Output

    • Monografien

      Maurer, Dieter (2024): Acoustics of the Vowel. Indices. subTexte, 30. Lausanne: Peter Lang. Online unter: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15166351.