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Frequency

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-number of times vibration occurs per second
-Hz or cps

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Intensity

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-degree or amplitude of particle displacement
-dB

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Time

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-time in which a cycle is complete
-seconds

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Wavelength

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-distance a wave travels in one cycle

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Vocal Fundamental Frequency

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-rate of vibration of vocal folds/ rate that they open and close

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Wave composition of periodic sounds

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-vibration occurs at a set rate and repeats

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Wave composition of aperiodic sounds

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-vibration does not have a repeated pattern; sound is a result of forcing air through constriction

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Frequency characteristics of aperiodic sounds are affected by

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Frequency is determined by:
-size and shape of opening
-texture of articulatory surfaces
-place of obstruction

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Resonance

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selective amplification and dampening of frequencies

results from reflection and concentration of sound waves in a cavity

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Natural Resonating Frequency

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frequencies close to NRF are amplified and those far away are damped

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Harmonic analysis

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complex periodic sound waves can be broken into sinusoids or simple sound waves (pure tone)

overall energy is not changed, just redistributed over different frequencies

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Measurement of acoustic parameters
frequency

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musical scale

made of octave, tones, and semitones

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Orchestral standard scale

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A4= 440
C0=16.35 Hz

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Octave, Tones, Semitones

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Octave is broken down into 6 tones

Tone is broken down into 12 semitones

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Logarithmic scale with base of 2

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ratio of one octave to the next is always two

100-200
500-1000

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Formula of Number of Octaves
N(O)

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N(O)=3.32*Log 10 of F1/F2

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Formula for Number of tones
N(t)

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N(t)=6octaves
N(t)=19.92Log 10 of F1/F2

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Formula for number of semitones
N(st)

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N(st)=12octaves
N(st)=39.84Log10 of F1/F2

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Formula for Frequency Level of Octaves
FL(O)

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FL(O)=3.32*Log10 of F/16.35

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Formula for Frequency Level of Tones

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FL(t)=19.92*Log10 of F/16.35

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Formula for Frequency Level of Semitones

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FL(st)=39.84*Log10 of F/16.35

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Measurement of acoustic parameters- intensity

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standard scale: Sound Pressure Level
.0002 dynes/cm^2 because it is the lowest that humans can hear

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Bel

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original unit of measurement

had logarithmic scale with base of 10 (1 Bel = a sound 10x greater)

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Decibel

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1/10th of a Bel

provides a definite scale

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Formula for Numbers of Bels using Power
N(Bel)= Log10 of P1/P2
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Formula for Number of Bels using Pressure
N(Bel)= 2Log10 of Pr1/Pr2
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Formula for Number of Decibels
N(dB)=20*Log10 of Pr1/Pr2
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Formula for Sound Pressure Level
SPL(dB)=20*Log10 of Pr/.0002 dynes/cm^2
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power
amount of work completed measure of electrical power
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Pressure
rate at which work is completed replaced power because instruments began to use pressure 2 is constant because pressure is proportionate to the square root of power
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Intonation
prosody or suprasegmental aspects of language sentence types, and emotion, physical/mental state, and personal characteristics can be conveyed
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Habitual pitch
fundamental frequency used most of the time determined by narrowing range and prolonging vowel
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Natural pitch
fundamental frequency most efficient for speaker from 1/3 or 1/4 the bottom of the pitch range with falsetto (1/3 without falsetto)
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Optimal pitch
fundamental frequency best for the individual ideally same as natural pitch
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Falsetto pitch
one octave above the habitual pitch created by holding cartilaginous portion of the vocal folds tightly together, reducing vibrating length by approximately one half
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Vocal tract characteristics
-air filled tube closed on one end -sequence of container that act as filters by passing the frequencies that fall within their bandwidth and deamplifying those out of their frequency -tract is a variable resonator whose frequency response changes depending on shape
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Quarter wave resonator
vocal tract air filled tube that is closed on one end
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VFF range of infants
500 Hz to 2000 Hz
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VfF range of 7-8 year olds
280-300 Hz same for males and females
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VFF for adult and elderly men
120-140 Hz elderly-140 Hz
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VFF of adult and elderly women
200-300 Hz elderly- 200 Hz
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Jitter
vocal harshness (Variation if VFF)
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Shimmer
variation in vocal amplitude
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How to find wavelength
Multiply length of vocal tract by 4
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Harmonics
sections of vocal tract pass frequencies that fall in their range and amplify those out of the range resonant frequencies are odd number multiples of the lowest resonating frequency
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Formula with harmonics
F=speed of sound/wavelength speed of sound- 34,000 cm^2
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Sound source filter theory
formalized manner in which vocal tracts filters glottal sound describes by sound travels out of the mouth and into environment
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radiation characteristic
effect of the mouth acting as a high pass filter when coupled to the environment effect of sound traveling out of vocal tract and into environment
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3 elements involved in production of speech are represented by spectrums
1. source function 2. transfer function 3. output function
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source function
glottal spectrum shows sound as it exists at the level of the glottis before it is modified by vocal tract F(0)- greatest amplitude with higher harmonics being damped at rate of 12 dB per octave acoustic energy represented by to 5000 Hz
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transfer function
does not represent sound but indicates resonance curve which demonstrates the male vocal tract producing schwa with resonance frequencies at 500 Hz, 1500Hz, and 2500 Hz
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output function
demonstrates sound as it leaves the lips glottal sound after it has been filtered by vocal tract same F(0) and harmonics as glottal sound, but some have been amplified and others attenuated
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What makes up a vowel
VFF (F0) and Harmonics (F1, F2, F3)
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corners of the vowel quad
/i/ /æ/ /u/ /a/
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3 Resonating cavities
1. pharyngeal cavity: vocal cords do not shape 2. nasal cavity: does not move and cannot change shape 3. oral cavity: can change vocal tract (lips, jaw, and tongue)
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Formants
regions of high energy and frequency
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F1 corresponds to
tongue height F1 increases as tongue height decreases
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F2 corresponds to
tongue advancement anterior v posterior more anterior= F2 increases
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Dipthongs
movement from one position to another /ɑɪ/ /ɑU/ /ɔɪ/ /ju/
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Where are formants created
F1- vocal folds F2-lips F3-tongue retroflexed
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Two types of consonants
voiced consonants voiceless consonants
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voiced consonants
sounds produced by vocal folds periodic component
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voiceless consonants
sounds produced by forcing air through constriction or point of articulation aperiodic component
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consonants with both voiced and voiceless characteristics
quasiperiodic- most voiced consonants are
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acoustics of the manner of production
acoustics of consonants are affected by manner of production and change as manner changes
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Types of consonants
plosives fricatives affricates nasals glides
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axis of the spectrogram
time frequency
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darkness of the spectrogram
high amplitide
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Vowels
3 formants are important mostly first two - 1- VFF or F(0)
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Glides
semi vowel and sonorants; very quick vowel-like but short in duration defined by transitional elements y, w, all periodic
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Liquids
very quick l, r semi vowels produced with relatively prominent sonority and with some degree of lateral emission of air
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Four features of stops
-"silent gap" that occurs when there is no flow of air out of vocal tract -noise burst at moment of release -speech with which acoustic signal attains max intensity -change in the first formant frequency that occurs as the vocal tract changes shape after release of initial syllable
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plosives
sudden onset and short duration; followed by aspiration aperiodic or quasi-periodic p, b, t, k, d, g,
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How fricatives are produced?
gradual onset and longer duration V-Q VS-A f, s, z, v, th
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How affricates are produced?
sound onset followed by sound produced at point of constriction aperiodic or quasi-periodic ch , j
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Nasal formant/murmur
produced with open velopharyngeal system port
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Antiresonants
filter effect of the vocal tract characterized by loss of acoustic energy in particular frequency region occurs with nasal sounds becuase they are relatively weak
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murmur
acoustic result of adding nasal branches to vocal tract (larger, longer resonator=lower frequency) 200-300 Hz range in males
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Why do nasals have little intensity?
due to low frequency resonance due to the larger total resonating cavity (adding nasal cavity to vocal tract by lowering velum)

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