A study on the high-pitched vocal voice of Lee, Nan-Young

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This year, we celebrate the 100th birthday of Lee, Nan-Young, a legendary female popular singer of Korea. She made her debut in 1934 and enjoyed a tremendous popularity among Korean people in the 1930~40s when Korea was suffering from the colonial adminisfration of Japan. She was the original singer of 'Tears of Mokpo,' one of the best hit-songs in the history of Korean popular songs. Although 'Tears of Mokpo' has been so frequently sung by Korean people, her vocal voice has not been studied or examined from the perspective of acoustic analysis. This paper examines the characteristics of Lee, Nan-Young's vocal voice with a focus on her high-pitched tender voice by using acoustic analysis. Her voice shows clear vibrations in all frequency ranges including low, middle and high pitch and has harmonics over 4,500Hz, which is three times higher than a normal person. This paper also investigates the perceptive responses on listeners while listening to her voice, verified by a MOS test. © 2017 International Information Institute.

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