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Effects Of Nasalance On The Acoustics Of The Tenor Passaggio And Head Voice, Nicholas Kevin Perna Apr 2008

Effects Of Nasalance On The Acoustics Of The Tenor Passaggio And Head Voice, Nicholas Kevin Perna

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PERNA, NICHOLAS (D.M.A., Vocal Pedagogy and Performance) Effects of Nasalance on the Acoustical Properties of the (May 2008) Tenor Passaggio and Head Voice Abstract of a doctoral essay at the University of Miami. Doctoral essay supervised by Professor David Alt and Professor Rachel L. Lebon. No. of pages in text. (73) This study aims to measure the effect that nasality has on the acoustical properties of the tenor passaggio and head voice. Not to be confused with forward resonance, nasality here will be defined as nasalance, the reading of a Nasometer, or the percentage of nasal and oral airflow during …