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Research Article

Professional male singers’ formant tuning strategies for the vowel /a/

Johan SundbergDepartment of Speech, Music, Hearing, School of Computer Science and Communication, KTH (Royal Institute of Technology), Stockholm, SwedenCorrespondence[email protected]
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Filipa M. B. LãDepartment of Communication and Arts, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
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Brian P. GillNew York University Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, Department of Music and Performing Arts Professions, New York, New York, USA
Pages 156-167 | Received 22 Feb 2011, Accepted 20 Apr 2011, Published online: 15 Jul 2011

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