The Strategy of Achieving Resonance by Tenor Singers. From the Past to the Present
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The article deals with study of the particularities of the cavity tuning of the voices of tenor singers in the upper
range of their diapasons. The basis for the research is formed by sound recordings of outstanding singing masters
from the late 19th and early 20th century to the present times. The concept of the “school singing” and the influence
of some of the leading performers on the subsequent generations of singers are examined. An attempt is made
to trace the evolution of the singing technique of tenor singers from the past to the present. The recordings of
some of the outstanding singers are analyzed, and the differences in the formation of sound among the masters
of singing representing various epochs in the art of opera singing are revealed. The author applies the most
advanced computer programs endowed with the possibility of building graphs of spectra which demonstrate
the overtone component of the timbres of voices. The spectrograms demonstratively vindicate the fact of the
difference between the cavity tunings of tenor singers of the early 20th century with those of present-day singers.
Several possible variants of cavity tunings among tenors are revealed. With the aid of spectral analysis it becomes
possible to understand the objective reasons for contradictory descriptions made by singers of their sensations
at the time of their singing. Thereby, an attempt is made of a rational explanation of the existent subjective
sensations of singers.
Keywords: the school of bel canto, vocal technique, spectrogram, cavity tuning.
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