{"id":2004,"date":"2015-08-31T15:09:35","date_gmt":"2015-08-31T15:09:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulj.myzen.co.uk\/blog\/teaching\/voices\/?page_id=2004"},"modified":"2015-11-21T17:09:14","modified_gmt":"2015-11-21T17:09:14","slug":"5-the-sound-of-the-voice","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.paulj.myzen.co.uk\/blog\/teaching\/voices\/lectures\/5-the-sound-of-the-voice\/","title":{"rendered":"5: The Sound of the Voice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this session, we will consider the most important aspect of music-texts relationships, the sound of the voice. Beginning with a basic understanding of the physiology of vocal production, we will also consider methods of recording and notating the human voice, such as the International Phonetic Alphabet. These considerations will form the basis for a more detailed exploration of a range of vocal usgae in music, from western art music through to phonetically and gesturally driven contemporary composition.<\/p>\n<h1>Class Examples<\/h1>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Alessandro Moreschi, Castrato, Ave Maria\" width=\"625\" height=\"469\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/slhhg8sI6Ds?list=PLB895B3BCC62C38B0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h1>Associated Resources<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.internationalphoneticassociation.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">International Phonetic Association<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.internationalphoneticalphabet.org\/ipa-sounds\/ipa-chart-with-sounds\/\" target=\"_blank\">International Phonetic Alphabet<\/a> (with sound)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>Associated Listening<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.folkways.si.edu\/vox-humana-alfred-wolfsohns-experiments-in-extension-of-human-vocal-range\/contemporary-electronic-science-nature-sounds\/album\/smithsonian\" target=\"_blank\">Vox Humana: Alfred Wolfsohn&#8217;s Experiments in Extension of Human Vocal Range <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/anasynth.ircam.fr\/home\/english\/media\/singing-synthesis-chant-program\" target=\"_blank\">Singing synthesis with the chant progam <\/a>(synthetic version of Mozart&#8217;s Queen of the Night)<\/li>\n<li>Trevor Wishart &#8211; 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