Abstract
The objective of this study was to analyze whether listeners’ ratings of a singer’s expressivity in musical examples in two contemporary commercial styles (pop and country) were affected by the presence of vocal fry and to see if there was a difference in listener ratings according to the singer’s gender. Subjects listened to musical samples with and without vocal fry that were recorded by one male and one female singer, and were asked to rate the singer’s expressivity on a numerical scale. Certain musical examples were presented twice, with and without vocal fry, in order to directly compare a performance of the same song in both modes. Some samples were repeated to test the reliability of the raters. Listener ratings indicated a preference for performances with vocal fry made by the female singer; for the male singer, performances without vocal fry were rated higher.
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