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Publish at April 21 2022 Updated April 28 2022
Singing in tune ? How ? [Thesis]
Evaluation of vocal pitch in melodic context.

"Singing is like honoring oxygen" Björk would have said, which celebrates its gaseous exchanges well with its enthusiastic vitality. It is also a form of social bonding, a vibratory brotherhood through which we can be one (family songs, birthday songs), learn (grammatical or calculation rules), share a culture.
Following one's voice
Depending on the voice one has and the social inscription of its characteristics, one will be heard or not. Depending on one's background, the same voice will be appreciated or not.
We know the fluent voices of the shy, those that do not come out for mechanical or emotional reasons, the forced voices sometimes scratched by the tenacious who seek to be heard at all costs, and the voices that travel freely through all the floors of the speaking body.
The deaf voices, those that laugh, those that sing out loud.
Vibrating together
Singing is vibrating together. Some cultures sing and dance together a lot, others less so. I remember attending a gathering with the students of a friend who taught French at Benares University.
We were embarked on the Ganges, and we had shared our songs. The Indians knew elaborate songs, which they gave us with big smiles, convinced that we would at least offer them the equivalent. And we, totally caught off guard, sang to them with big gestures the Delon and Dalida song "Words, words" !"
"Listen to me, please"
Of course, we had a good laugh together on the boat, and the question of the correctness of the words and the singing was secondary.
Many people are told in all seriousness that they are singing out of tune. Studies show, however, that people tend to think of themselves as performing less well than they are, and that there is a real difficulty in self-assessment.
This is in part the focus of Pauline Larrouy-Maestri's research, which was devoted to exploring more specifically "the methodological and theoretical aspects of accuracy in melodic context" .
The thesis is partly in French and partly in English (for the seven studies mentioned at the end of the column).

The impermanence of musical rules
The question of pitch is part of a system that is known to be not only cultural, but also temporal:
"Western music [...] is hierarchically structured by a tonal system [...] that emerged during the Renaissance. "
The musical rules of the Western system require respect for its melodic characteristics: tonal organization, and respect for contours and intervals (the relationship between notes).
The concept of interval has existed for centuries, but its dimension has evolved greatly to become fixed in the tempered chromatic range .
The "equal temperament" divides the octave into twelve strictly equal semitones (sharp/flat).
It allowed "an acceptable compromise between the unattainable acoustic accuracy of natural harmonics and the harmonic system."
"They are all wrong in the same way"
"Although the intervals are wrong relative to the natural harmonics [the multiples of the fundamental frequency or single vibration] , this temperament is easily borne by the ear.
This comes from the fact that they are all false in the same way and that this system has been adopted for instrumental tuning for a few centuries already (since about 1750)."
The tempered scale is suitable for most keyed or marked instruments, but the voice will sometimes seek to rebalance or play its score differently as was determined for opera singers when confronted with a Schubert score.
In effect, the voice produces sounds continuously and allows for singing intervals below the semitone.
Finally, what is right and what is wrong?
You would have to listen again to that friend who sings "Disenchanted" with all his heart: would he be more right than expected? The majority of people sing in tune, and in-tune disorders affect 10-20% of the population.
Tuning can be assessed by a so-called subjective method, which involves humans: dysphonic voice experts ( logopedists, speech pathologists ), singing teachers, non-experts.
These can be influenced by multiple elements relating to the musician, the performance, and their own personal biases.
Vocal pitch can also be assessed by a so-called objective method, which must be calibrated (and sometimes rectified) to the level of pitch errors to be quantified.
Pitch disorders
Four types of pitch disorders are listed:
- Perceptual disorder. It is associated with the deficit in pitch discrimination of musical sounds, but it is not systematic: some musicals are able to produce accurate sounds.
- The memory disorder. This is the ability to memorize sequences (musical accompaniment lightens the workload).
- Sensory-Motor Integration Disorder. This refers to distortions in the transition from intention to action, which may involve the relationship to the sung model and the translation of the model to one's own voice.
- The motor disorder. This is the ability to control the laryngeal muscles and coordinate the pneumo-phonatory system.
The mechanics of singing
"The respiratory system provides aerodynamic energy, consisting of the pressure and flow of subglottic air (inside the trachea, under the larynx). As it passes through the laryngeal level, the aerodynamic energy is transformed into mechanical and acoustic energy and thus determines the fundamental frequency." "The sound wave then passes through the vocal tract. As with speech, the singer has the ability to modify the shape of this duct, which consists of the pharynx, oral, nasal, and labial cavities." "A balance between the different physical forces (aerodynamic, biomechanical, and acoustic) is necessary to sing. These parameters will impact the pitch, sound pressure level, and timbre of the sound."
The mechanical part can be impressive to experience. I experienced this with musicologist, author and singer Isabelle Poinloup , during an exploration of vocal abilities. I was lifted off the ground, my abdomen pressed like a bellows, as I serenely performed breathing and sound exercises.
The concentration, confidence, surprise, and mechanical action produced a powerful lyrical note far higher than I ever imagined I could produce.
The seven studies
In English in the thesis, they are synthesized in French in the discussion and clarify this issue of vocal accuracy in melodic context as a function of actors, measurement modalities, and contexts.
- Criteria and tools for objective analysis of the vocal pitch of a popular song "joyeux anniversaire".
- The evaluation of the vocal pitch of a singing voice: comparison between subjective and objective methods .
- Singing ability is rooted in vocal motor control of pitch.
- The effects of stress on vocal pitch of the singing voice.
- The effects of melody and technique on the singing voice pitch of trained singers .
- The effects of melody and technique on the acoustic and musical profiles of Western lyric voices .
- The evaluation of vocal pitch: the case of lyric voices . Acoustic analysis and expert evaluation.
Image source: DawnyellReese from Pixabay.
To be read:
Pauline Larrouy-Maestri, Assessment of Vocal Accuracy in Melodic Context . Psychological and Educational Sciences. University of Liege, 2013.
Thesis available at: https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/156426
References:
Isabelle Poinloup, singing lessons, "fed up with singing off key?" : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Md1KD7MzSBg
Isabelle Poinloup, singing class, "free your voice, discover your larynx" : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_z4PbqbEVho
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Harry Johanson, M.M. A Study of the Preparation and Effectiveness of Dade County High School Choral Directors
Carl Nalls, M.M. The Relationship between Creativity and Participation in a High School Music Program
Arthur Parisi, M.M. Problems involved in composing and arranging an original suite for Junior High School Band
Jesse Pearl, M.M. Problems involved in Transcribing Three Palestrina Works for Symphonic Band and their Application to Student Ear Training
Juanita Rafield, M.M. An investigation of Existing Student Handbooks for Choral Students in Secondary Public Schools of Florida and a Proposed Student Handbook of Information for the Coral Gables Senior High School Choral Department
William Day, M.M. Problems in Transcribing the Berlioz Overture "Rob Roy" for Concert Band
Albert Hall, M.M. Problems in Arranging Four Songs by Victor Young for a High School Concert Band
Tommye Kelly, M.M. A Study and Evaluation of some Music Aptitude and Achievement Tests for Grades Four, Five, and Six
Adam Fischer, M.M. Problems in Composing, Scoring, and Researching an Original Suite for Junior High School Orchestra
Richard Dasher, M.M. Problems in Composing an Original Chorale, Variations and Fugue for Junior High School band
Stanley Garlitz, M.M. Problems Involved in the Composition and Orchestration of an Original Suite for Junior High School Band
Budd Malchus, M.M. Problems Involved in Transcribing Beethoven's Prometheus Overture for the Senior High School Band
Philip Paul, M.M. Problems in Transcribing Johannes Brahms' Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Opus 56A, for Senior High School Band
Helen Rhorer, M.M. The Role of Auditory Memory in the Eevelopment of the Pianist as a Musician and a Performer
Frederic Ashe, M.M. Problems in Scoring an Original Overture for Senior High School Band
Ove W. Jensen, M.M. Problems in Transcribing Selected Italian Polyphonic vocal compositions for High School Brass Ensemble
Ernest Cowley, M.M. Problems Involved in Composing Music in a Contemporary Idiom for a Senior High School Band
Clifford Alper, M.M. A Survey and Analysis of Voice Training Classes in the Secondary School
George Blumenthal, M.M. Problems involved in the transcription of a Handel suite for a school band at the Junior High School levele
Authur Bodger, M.M. Thirty Bach chorales arranged as an aid for training players of string instruments

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Teachers, Voice Music Majors, and Speech-Language Pathology Majors: A Preliminary Study" (2017) ... Thesis. Andrews University. School of Health Professions.
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SCHOOL OF MUSIC. The Student Voice: Perception of Students' Representation of Themselves in the Secondary Band Curriculum. A Thesis Submitted to.
This thesis uncovers how constructive evaluation is a positive resource for the development of effective vocal performance, and provides tips on
Pauline Larrouy-Maestri, Assessment of Vocal Accuracy in Melodic Context. Psychological and Educational Sciences. University of Liege, 2013.
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