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A Voice Mapping Based Comparative Study of Vocal Characteristics in Bel Canto, Chinese National Singing and Popular Singing
Laboratory of Language Sciences, Department of Chinese language and literature, Peking University, Beijing, China.ORCID iD: 0009-0003-5070-3935
KTH, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), Speech, Music and Hearing.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-0700-7216
2026 (English)In: Journal of Voice, ISSN 0892-1997, E-ISSN 1873-4588Article in journal (Refereed) Epub ahead of print
Abstract [en]

Objectives: This study aims to investigate stylistic differences in singing styles by constructing two-dimensional voice maps. Rather than relying solely on global mean comparisons, the analysis examines how multiple complementary voice quality metrics are distributed within a structured phonatory space defined by fundamental frequency and sound pressure level. Methods: Acoustic and electroglottographic (EGG) signals were recorded simultaneously from singers performing Bel Canto, Chinese National Singing, and Popular Singing. Core metrics from acoustic and EGG signals were analyzed across f₀–SPL regions. Per-cycle statistics and one-way ANOVAs were conducted within each sex, and spatial distributions were visualized using two-dimensional voice maps. Results: At the level of global cycle-pooled means, one-way ANOVAs revealed significant style effects on CPP, spectrum balance (both P < 0.001), and QΔ (P < 0.05) in both sexes (Bel Canto highest, Popular Singing lowest, Chinese National Singing intermediate). Voice maps further showed that these differences are not uniformly distributed: Bel Canto's high values concentrate in mid-to-high f₀ × SPL, while Popular Singing extends into lower-SPL regions. Conclusions: The findings demonstrate that stylistic differences are systematically embedded within the phonatory space and vary across vocal regions. Mean-based analyses provide a reference; voice maps provide the spatial context that gives those means their interpretive meaning.

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Elsevier BV , 2026.
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Bel Canto, Chinese National Singing, Popular Singing, Singing styles, Voice mapping
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Computer Sciences Music Musicology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-386450DOI: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2026.06.041PubMedID: 42493292Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-105045320171OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-386450DiVA, id: diva2:2089516
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Available from: 2026-08-04 Created: 2026-08-04 Last updated: 2026-08-04Bibliographically approved

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