Watts Christopher R, Hall Michael D
Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA 22840, USA.
Logoped Phoniatr Vocol. 2008;33(2):74-82. doi: 10.1080/14015430802028434.
The purpose of this study was to investigate how vocal fundamental frequency control was influenced by the timbre of target auditory stimuli. Nineteen female participants were asked to vocally reproduce the pitch of target tones, which consisted of female, male, violin, and clarinet timbres at three different fundamental frequencies. Results revealed that the participants were significantly more accurate at matching the pitch of female target tones compared to the instrumental timbres. This was interpreted as being due to an effect of spectral similarity of the female timbre to that of the female participants. The results of this study support the hypothesis of a perceptual integrality between timbre and pitch, and that stimulus timbre can influence the accuracy of vocal reproduction.
本研究的目的是调查目标听觉刺激的音色如何影响嗓音基频控制。19名女性参与者被要求用嗓音再现目标音调的音高，这些目标音调由三种不同基频的女性、男性、小提琴和单簧管音色组成。结果显示，与乐器音色相比，参与者在匹配女性目标音调的音高时明显更准确。这被解释为是由于女性音色与女性参与者音色的频谱相似性所致。本研究结果支持音色与音高之间存在感知整体性的假设，以及刺激音色会影响嗓音再现准确性的观点。
