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Registration Strategies of Professional Operatic Mezzo-Sopranos

Osborne, Katherine C
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1151-7569
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1438088454

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2015, Doctor of Musical Arts, Ohio State University, Music.
Operatic mezzo-sopranos are required to sing in their low to middle pitch ranges more frequently than other female voice types, with minimal perceptual evidence of tonal change or irregularities, at substantial intensity, and with musical finesse and flexibility. To observe register behaviors in professional operatic mezzo-sopranos, audio and EGG data were collected from two subjects who sang ascending and descending chromatic scales between C4 and G4 on vowels /a/, /i/, /o/, and /u/. General adductory and resonance patterns were observed through EGGW50 measurements and spectral analysis. Register transitions were located and defined through criteria based on perception, EGG signal intensity changes, and vibrato rate and extent pattern disturbances. Vibrato rate and extent pattern disturbances occurred in 79% of Subject 1’s samples with an identifiable transition (19 of 24 task tokens) and 80% of Subject 2’s samples with an identifiable transition (4 of 5 task tokens). Subject 1 displayed audible, objectively identifiable evidence of register transitions in 24 of 24 samples. Subject 2 displayed audible, objectively identifiable evidence of register transitions in 5 of 24 samples. Transitions were located between C#4 and F4 and most frequently between D#4 and E4. Spectral analysis suggests that the subjects use different resonance strategies in this pitch range. Contrasting EGGW50 value patterns suggest that the two subjects may have a different adductory strategy. The ANOVA for Subject 1 revealed significant interactions between phrase location, the position of the data point relative to transition, and EGGW50 values, indicating that Subject 1 may employ a different adductory strategy in ascending phrases as compared with descending phrases.
Scott McCoy, Dr. (Committee Chair)
David Huron, Dr. (Committee Member)
Robert Ward, Dr. (Committee Member)
Aharon Freud, Dr. (Committee Member)
90 p.
Pedagogy; Performing Arts
vocal register, modal, falsetto, transition, glottal adduction, electroglottography

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  • Osborne, K. C. (2015). Registration Strategies of Professional Operatic Mezzo-Sopranos [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1438088454

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Osborne, Katherine. Registration Strategies of Professional Operatic Mezzo-Sopranos. 2015. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1438088454.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Osborne, Katherine. "Registration Strategies of Professional Operatic Mezzo-Sopranos." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1438088454

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