A new study has been written. It has been published online. Pedants of the future will have had the opportunity to know of it: “Fear and Loathing of the English Passive,” Geoffrey K. Pullum, epub January 10, 2014, to appear in Language and Communication, 2014. (Thanks to Rosie Mestel for having brought this to our […]
Tag: voice
The spectra in the ring in the voice of the child solo singers
Some scientific papers seem meant—because of their topic—to be sung aloud, if only the wording were adjusted to make them easier to sing. Here’s one such study: “‘Ring’ in the Solo Child Singing Voice,” David M. Howard, Jenevora Williams [pictured here], Christian T. Herbst, Journal of Voice, epub November 11, 2013. The authors, at the […]
Big Dogs Bark Deeper (than small dogs)
With the video above in mind, here’s an hypothesis (or, if you prefer, a hypothesis) : • Do bigger dogs (by and large) have longer, more voluminous vocal tracts? And, if so, might they bark with lower notes? The hypothesis was broadly confirmed in a comprehensive 1999 experimental study by investigators professor Tobias Riede and […]
Low notes, emanating from musical men
These videos document men singing remarkably low-pitched music. (Thanks to investigator Jim Cowdery for steering us to them.) and also, if you need more, Neatorama’s “Singer Sets World Record for Lowest Vocal Note”