Abstract
Most of the recent research in connection with the voice has stressed the movements of the first and second formants which are of prime importance in vowel recognition. The third and fourth formants, lying generally between 2000 and 4000 cps play an important role in the over-all richness or sonority of the voice and may be largely responsible for the “carrying power” of certain voices. A study of over 300 singers at the Westminster Choir College over a three-year period has shown the development of these high formants in the process of training. The presence of “antiformants” or “antiresonances” causing sharp nulls at certain frequencies is also shown in many cases, and an explanation of their origin is suggested. The study has been supported by the Research Corporation and the Higgins Fund at Columbia University.
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