Sensitivity of odd-harmonic amplitudes to open quotient and skewing quotient in glottal airflow.

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Sensitivity of odd-harmonic amplitudes to open quotient and skewing quotient in glottal airflow.

J Acoust Soc Am. 2015 Jan;137(1):502-4

Authors: Titze IR

Abstract
It is well known that a half-sinusoid has no odd harmonics other than the fundamental. If glottal flow in phonation were to approximate this exact waveshape, which is generally unlikely, some misperception of pitch and loss of vowel intelligibility would occur. The sensitivity of the glottal waveshape to this special shape is explored by systematically varying two parameters, open quotient and skewing quotient. Mild asymmetry (open quotient below 0.45 or above 0.55 and/or skewing quotient greater than 2.0) equalizes the odd-even harmonic series. Singers and speakers avoid the exact symmetry by skewing the flow pulse with source-filter interaction.

PMID: 25618080 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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