> The thing I cannot grasp in all this is how the so called singers > formant can be at constant frequencies apparently unrelated to > the relevant harmonics of the pitch being produced. Yet that is what > I seem to read here so often. An unpleasant aural prospect!
It is not a specific pitch, but a range. 2800-3200Hz is high enough that almost any pitch sung below a tenor high C will have several partials which fall therein. A theory I've heard is that the various cavities in the larynx resonate in this range, which is why a free and low larynx is so important to the singer's formant.
-Tako
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