Acoustic Quality and Types of Creaky Voice Manifested with Lexical Tones and Musical Notes in a Thai song
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This article investigates the acoustic quality of creaky voice in Thai language singing. Data was collected from 10 professional singers, comprising 5 males and 5 females aged between 20-30 years. They were each asked to independently employ a creaky voice while singing a newly composed Thai song with balanced tonal control. The researcher analyzed the creaky voice that occurred in musical notes and lexical tones, and categorized them based on subtypes, referencing Keating et al. (2015). Additionally, the study measured the duration of creaky voices in all vowel boundaries and calculated percentages. The study reveals that musical notes influence the manifestation of creaky voice subtypes in each lexical tone. Despite their relatively independent distribution, these subtypes result from the interplay between musical notes and lexical tones to select appropriate subtypes for each pitch level. The vocal fry subtype is notably the most frequently used, especially in the low-pitched notes by all participants. Additionally, musical notes contribute to variations in creaky voice duration. Specifically, low and falling tones often lead to longer durations compared to other tones, while efforts to maintain the pitch level of high tones, especially at higher pitches, tend to result in extended creaky voice durations compared to other symbols.
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