Visual analysis of voice in crossover singing

Jie Hua, Wei Yi

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Abstract

The current research on acoustic properties in singing voice analysis has mainly focused on individual song segments, and analysed them using simple data tables and basic charts. However, there has been limited exploration of comparing data from multiple sources, and visual analysis in crossover singing has been either too simplistic or too complex to provide a comprehensive view. This study aims to address this gap by incorporating song segments from different musical styles and utilising an innovative graph drawing method to generate interactive graphs for comprehensive musical data analysis. The findings provide additional support for existing statements in the field of musical data analysis, and demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed graph method for analysing multiple song segments. At this stage, the study's findings confirm that the formant frequency F_1 of singing across styles is less modified, but F_2-F_5 varies in styles singing in English. Additionally, the formant frequency in Mandarin and Cantonese singing may be associated with pitch. The study also identifies that visualised graphs can produce similar results as current vocal research and are convenient for reading multiple data simultaneously. The methodology has the potential to be extended to other areas of musical visualisation to uncover insights from complex music datasets.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2023 27th International Conference Information Visualisation IV 2023
Place of PublicationPiscataway, NJ
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Pages198-203
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9798350341614
ISBN (Print)9798350341621
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023
Event27th International Conference on Information Visualisation, IV 2023 - Tampere, Finland
Duration: 25 Jul 202328 Jul 2023

Publication series

Name
ISSN (Print)1550-6037
ISSN (Electronic)2375-0138

Conference

Conference27th International Conference on Information Visualisation, IV 2023
Country/TerritoryFinland
CityTampere
Period25/07/2328/07/23

Keywords

  • Acoustic analysis
  • crossover singing
  • formant
  • interaction
  • multi-dimensional visualisation
  • vocal visualisation

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