A Comparative Study of Trained and Untrained Rabindrasangeet Singers

Abstract

This scientific paper proposes an analytic framework specifically for Rabindrasangeet singing that models the time-varying physical and expressive characteristics unique to an individual voice through a phonetogram analysis. The present study incorporates the most popular Rabindrasangeet into account for analysis to get an idea about the specific numerical data regarding the fundamental frequency, semitones, SPL range, and area as well as to give a precise guideline to those clients. While comparing the trained and untrained singers both males and females the F0 parameter is found to be louder in trained group. The mean semitone is always higher in females than in males and the trained male subjects have significantly higher SPL range than trained female subjects and trained females have higher SPL range than untrained female subjects. The enclosed area is larger in trained singers and more in females than males. Results of this study indicate differences between untrained and trained phonetograms. These differences can be attributed to greater natural capacities in trainedsubjects or a superior learned control over the voice mechanism.