Physiological and Psychological Effects of Vocal Warm-Up in Performing Artists

Location

CSU

Student's Major

Speech, Hearing, and Rehabilitation Services

Student's College

Allied Health and Nursing

Mentor's Name

Bruce Poburka

Mentor's Department

Speech, Hearing, and Rehabilitation Services

Mentor's College

Allied Health and Nursing

Description

Physiological and psychological effects of vocal warm-up were studied in a group of 25 college-aged theatre arts students. Physiological variables relating to voice production included phonation threshold pressure, noise-to-harmonics ratio, and fundamental frequency range. These physiologic measures relate to ease of voicing, vocal quality, and pitch range respectively. Psychological variables included self-assessments of confidence before performing a voice task and a self-evaluation of vocal performance after the task. Mean values for each variable in each condition will be statistically compared using a paired samples t-test. It is predicted that vocal warm-up positively affects both the physiological and psychological variables.

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Physiological and Psychological Effects of Vocal Warm-Up in Performing Artists

CSU

Physiological and psychological effects of vocal warm-up were studied in a group of 25 college-aged theatre arts students. Physiological variables relating to voice production included phonation threshold pressure, noise-to-harmonics ratio, and fundamental frequency range. These physiologic measures relate to ease of voicing, vocal quality, and pitch range respectively. Psychological variables included self-assessments of confidence before performing a voice task and a self-evaluation of vocal performance after the task. Mean values for each variable in each condition will be statistically compared using a paired samples t-test. It is predicted that vocal warm-up positively affects both the physiological and psychological variables.