vowels Flashcards
vowels
use pulmonic airstream
voiced
open vocal tract
resonate
vibrate in response to force
air filled tubes resonate depending on
open at one end or both ends
length
shape
vocal tract diameter
Fo
rate of vf vibration
pitch
perceptual correlate of Fo
Fo controlled by
cricothyroid/thryoarytenoid contraction
sub glottal pressure
frequency of string depends on
length tension density
harmonics
positive # multiples of fo
vocal folds = source
formants
bands of frequency in spectrum
greater intensity
resonators
containers of air
vocal tract
acts as resonator and filter
male vocal tract
17 cm
female vocal tract
14 cm
calculating wavelength
4 x lengthc
calculate frequency w/ velocity
34400/w
vocal tract resonate at
odd # multiples of lowest freq
vocal tract transfer function
tube closed at one end and open at the other
tube resonate best at 4x length of freq
vocal tract transfer equation
Fn = c/l
f1 = lowest freq
F1, 2, 3
R1, 3, 5
container 1
air behind tongue
pharynx
container 2
air above and around tongue
oral
formant 1
air in container 1
formant 2
air in container 2
primary resonating cavities
nasal oral pharyngeal