Project Details
Description
The research has as its objective a one-month fieldwork investigation of the throat singing technique used in Sardinian polyphonic folk singing named "Cantu a tenore".
"Cantu a tenore" is a Sardinian traditional form of choral singing, whose origins probably date back to the Nuragic period. The choir is formed by a group of four men standing in a close circle and it involves four different voices: "bassu", "contra", "mesu boche" and "boche". The solo singer ("boche") chants a poem, while the other three voices are the accompaniment for the soloist.
The main characteristic is that both "bassu" and "contra" involve throat singing techniques. The objective of this research is to investigate this particular technique used by the two lower voices.
Previous studies are not so accurate in explaining if Sardinian throat singing involves
the ventricular folds during phonation, or other flexible structures inside the vocal tract, together with the vocal folds.
The intention is to conduct a multidisciplinary study, involving acoustical as well as laryngoscope analysis, and also pedagogy.
The acoustical recordings will be done live in Sardinia, using a professional recorder (zoom H6), and the analysis will be made using a computer software for speech analyse in phonetics (Praat).
The aim of this research is also to bring Sardinian singers to medical laboratories to test the voices through laryngoscopy, hopefully during next year.
The main output will be an article about the Sardinian throat singing, with spectrograms and other specific examples. Other expected outcomes are concerts and workshops held by me together with Sardinian singers.
Moreover, since the experience to work with the Sardinian singers will be a training for me as a vocal performer to help me to improve this vocal technique, another output will be to expand my artistic portfolio and my teaching skills.
"Cantu a tenore" is a Sardinian traditional form of choral singing, whose origins probably date back to the Nuragic period. The choir is formed by a group of four men standing in a close circle and it involves four different voices: "bassu", "contra", "mesu boche" and "boche". The solo singer ("boche") chants a poem, while the other three voices are the accompaniment for the soloist.
The main characteristic is that both "bassu" and "contra" involve throat singing techniques. The objective of this research is to investigate this particular technique used by the two lower voices.
Previous studies are not so accurate in explaining if Sardinian throat singing involves
the ventricular folds during phonation, or other flexible structures inside the vocal tract, together with the vocal folds.
The intention is to conduct a multidisciplinary study, involving acoustical as well as laryngoscope analysis, and also pedagogy.
The acoustical recordings will be done live in Sardinia, using a professional recorder (zoom H6), and the analysis will be made using a computer software for speech analyse in phonetics (Praat).
The aim of this research is also to bring Sardinian singers to medical laboratories to test the voices through laryngoscopy, hopefully during next year.
The main output will be an article about the Sardinian throat singing, with spectrograms and other specific examples. Other expected outcomes are concerts and workshops held by me together with Sardinian singers.
Moreover, since the experience to work with the Sardinian singers will be a training for me as a vocal performer to help me to improve this vocal technique, another output will be to expand my artistic portfolio and my teaching skills.
Status | Finished |
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Effective start/end date | 2022/11/21 → 2023/11/30 |