Vocal Range and Intensity in Actors: A Studio Versus Stage Comparison

The Singer's Voice Range Profile: Female Professional Opera Soloists

“…Similarly to Emerich et al's study of actor VRPs and SRP, our data confirm that the nature of the task and the performance setting suggested to the singers will impact the results that one obtains. 35 Minimum SPL, for example, was significantly higher in the case of the aria singing as opposed to the discrete pitch and vocals tasks. Conversely, the aria singing yielded a significant smaller SPL range than the discrete and vocalize tasks.…”

“…4, 2010 frequency and intensity). The inclusion of the aria excerpt served mainly to assess the possible difference between realistic singing and task singing: an approach similar to that used with actors by Emerich et al 35 An overall main effect of tasking was found in the statistical analysis. As expected, the aria excerpt task was significantly different in almost all of the investigated metrics.…”

“…Emerich et al's result of actors studied in both on-stage and in-studio monologues seems to support this. 35 The performance VRP might bring us a step closer to a more representative image of the singer's voice, while remaining distinct from the real on-stage vocal behavior.…”

The Effects of Articulation on the Perceived Loudness of the Projected Voice

“…It is hypothesized that speech samples with clear articulatory precision will be perceived as sounding louder and more projected than samples with poorly enunciated speech. If this hypothesis is supported by the findings, then we may have further insight on why actors are louder in performance than in sustained phonation (Emerich et al, 2005). We may also have a foundation …”

“…Emerich et al (2005) claim that actors produce louder phonation onstage than in a studio. The researchers obtained voice range profiles (VRPs) of eight professional actors by having them sustain the vowel /a/ at various frequencies in their pitch range using minimum and maximum loudness levels.…”