La Bella Voce e la Macchina

(The Beautiful Voice and the Machine)

A History of Technology and the Expressive Voice

By Perry R. Cook

Chapter Overview

With Artwork by Grady Klein

Part the First: Voice, Speech and Singing, Bolts to Nuts

		Chapter 1 The Voice	Voice physiology, acoustics, and neurology. Vowels, consonants, and nasals. A touch of phonetics, linguistics, and phonology. The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)
		Chapter 2 The Articulated Voice	The motions of tongue, jaw, etc. that make linguistic communication and singing possible. Gesture in production and perception. Fast and slow talking, singing, and chanting.
		Chapter 3 The Pitched Voice	Vocal pitch control and perception. Pitch and emotion in speech and singing. Pitch contour plots. Pitch modulation, vibrato. Music in speech. Speech in music. A little on loudness too.
		Chapter 4 The Visual Voice	Sight vs. sound. Facial expression and emotion. Lip reading. Sign language and other hand signs. Graphing and displaying vocal (and other) sounds. Visualizing the vocal tract, and vocal sound.
		Chapter 5 The Singing Voice	Singing vs. speech. Voices vs. instruments. The basic voice parts (bass, tenor, etc.). Vocal pitch deviation, controllable and not. Vibrato, ornaments. The "Singer's Formant"
		Chapter 6 The Biomedical Voice	Surgery as vocal enhancement (Castrati singers), The aging voice. Unintentional and intentional damage to the voice. Stuttering and other disphonias. Artificial larynx, speech synthesizers. Other Therapies and devices to aid the voice.
		Chapter 7 The Noisy Voice	Vocal noise, both normal and abnormal. Perturbations of periodicity, pitch, and timbre. Expressive burps, coughs, braps, toots, and more. Noise as expression.

Part the Second: Architectures of Intent: Sound/Voice Technologies

		Chapter 8 The Delayed Delayed Voice	Acoustic echo and delay, caves to concert halls. Space and echo in musical composition. Tape echo, delay, other effects. Electronic reverberation, artificial chorus, flanging, pitch shifting.
		Chapter 9 The Notated Voice	A history of writing, paper, alphabets, shorthand, etc. Music notation, ancient to modern. Scales and modes. Guido's hand, Kodaly's hand signs. Musical conducting. Printing, music printing, some on computers in music.
		Chapter 10 The Broadcast Voice	History of broadcasting from smoke signals to drums to wireless telegraph to telephone to radio to television to the web.
		Chapter 11 The Microphonic Voice	Microphone types, technologies, and pickup patterns. The "Perfect Microphone?" Microphones for effect. Mic, stand, and cable as instruments and fetish.
		Chapter 12 The Recorded Voice	Sound recording in myth, lore, and pre-history. Music boxes, player pianos, and other musical machines. Mechanical, electrical, and digital recording/playback. The "Record Biz" Sonic sculpture. Studio as instrument.
		Chapter 13 The Amplified Voice	Collecting/directing sound, earhorns and megaphones. Mechanically amplified instruments. Electric guitars. Home, theater, and studio speakers through history. Loudspeakers and amplifiers. Hearing aids.

Part the Third: The Culture of Voice

		Chapter 14 The Holy Voice	Praying machines, instruments/voice and the church, much more More coming shortly
		Chapter 15 The Silent Voice	Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! More coming shortly
		Chapter 16 The Anonymous Voice	Who?? More coming shortly
		Chapter 17 The Instrumental Voice	Stuff Bwah, Bwah, etc.. More coming shortly
		Chapter 18 The Legal Voice	Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks, Trade Secrets The man and music. Some famous musical cases.

Part the Fourth: Beautiful Machines With Voices

		Chapter 19 The Mechanical Voice	Early and pre-history of voice synthesis Mechanical Era up to electricity More coming shortly
		Chapter 20 The Synthesized Voice	Electricity through electronics through digital More coming shortly
		Chapter 21 The Fictional Robotic Voice	Describe it here
		Chapter 22 The Compositional Voice	Describe it here

Appendices

Appendix A
The Billboard #1 Hits

Describe it here

THE END

La Bella Voce e la Macchina

(The Beautiful Voice and the Machine)

A History of Technology and the Expressive Voice

By Perry R. Cook

Chapter Overview

Chapter 1The Voice

Voice physiology, acoustics, and neurology. Vowels, consonants, and nasals. A touch of phonetics, linguistics, and phonology. The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)

Chapter 2The Articulated Voice

The motions of tongue, jaw, etc. that make linguistic communication and singing possible. Gesture in production and perception. Fast and slow talking, singing, and chanting.

Chapter 3The Pitched Voice

Vocal pitch control and perception. Pitch and emotion in speech and singing. Pitch contour plots. Pitch modulation, vibrato. Music in speech. Speech in music. A little on loudness too.

Chapter 4The Visual Voice

Sight vs. sound. Facial expression and emotion. Lip reading. Sign language and other hand signs. Graphing and displaying vocal (and other) sounds. Visualizing the vocal tract, and vocal sound.

Chapter 5The Singing Voice

Singing vs. speech. Voices vs. instruments. The basic voice parts (bass, tenor, etc.). Vocal pitch deviation, controllable and not. Vibrato, ornaments. The "Singer's Formant"

Chapter 6The Biomedical Voice

Surgery as vocal enhancement (Castrati singers), The aging voice. Unintentional and intentional damage to the voice. Stuttering and other disphonias. Artificial larynx, speech synthesizers. Other Therapies and devices to aid the voice.

Chapter 7The Noisy Voice

Vocal noise, both normal and abnormal. Perturbations of periodicity, pitch, and timbre. Expressive burps, coughs, braps, toots, and more. Noise as expression.

Chapter 8The DelayedDelayed Voice

Acoustic echo and delay, caves to concert halls. Space and echo in musical composition. Tape echo, delay, other effects. Electronic reverberation, artificial chorus, flanging, pitch shifting.

Chapter 9The Notated Voice

A history of writing, paper, alphabets, shorthand, etc. Music notation, ancient to modern. Scales and modes. Guido's hand, Kodaly's hand signs. Musical conducting. Printing, music printing, some on computers in music.

Chapter 10The Broadcast Voice

History of broadcasting from smoke signals to drums to wireless telegraph to telephone to radio to television to the web.

Chapter 11The Microphonic Voice

Microphone types, technologies, and pickup patterns. The "Perfect Microphone?" Microphones for effect. Mic, stand, and cable as instruments and fetish.

Chapter 12The Recorded Voice

Sound recording in myth, lore, and pre-history. Music boxes, player pianos, and other musical machines. Mechanical, electrical, and digital recording/playback. The "Record Biz" Sonic sculpture. Studio as instrument.

Chapter 13The Amplified Voice

Collecting/directing sound, earhorns and megaphones. Mechanically amplified instruments. Electric guitars. Home, theater, and studio speakers through history. Loudspeakers and amplifiers. Hearing aids.

Chapter 14The Holy Voice

Praying machines, instruments/voice and the church, much more More coming shortly

Chapter 15The Silent Voice

Chapter 16The Anonymous Voice

Chapter 17The Instrumental Voice

Chapter 18The Legal Voice

Chapter 19The Mechanical Voice

Early and pre-history of voice synthesis Mechanical Era up to electricity More coming shortly

Chapter 20The Synthesized Voice

Chapter 21The FictionalRobotic Voice

Chapter 22The Compositional Voice

Appendix AThe Billboard #1 Hits

Chapter 1
The Voice

Voice physiology, acoustics, and neurology.
Vowels, consonants, and nasals.
A touch of phonetics, linguistics, and phonology.
The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)

Chapter 2
The Articulated Voice

The motions of tongue, jaw, etc. that make
linguistic communication and singing possible.
Gesture in production and perception.
Fast and slow talking, singing, and chanting.

Chapter 3
The Pitched Voice

Vocal pitch control and perception. Pitch and
emotion in speech and singing. Pitch contour plots.
Pitch modulation, vibrato. Music in speech.
Speech in music. A little on loudness too.

Chapter 4
The Visual Voice

Sight vs. sound. Facial expression and emotion.
Lip reading. Sign language and other hand signs.
Graphing and displaying vocal (and other) sounds.
Visualizing the vocal tract, and vocal sound.

Chapter 5
The Singing Voice

Singing vs. speech. Voices vs. instruments.
The basic voice parts (bass, tenor, etc.).
Vocal pitch deviation, controllable and not.
Vibrato, ornaments. The "Singer's Formant"

Chapter 6
The Biomedical Voice

Surgery as vocal enhancement (Castrati singers),
The aging voice. Unintentional and intentional damage
to the voice. Stuttering and other disphonias.
Artificial larynx, speech synthesizers.
Other Therapies and devices to aid the voice.

Chapter 7
The Noisy Voice

Vocal noise, both normal and abnormal.
Perturbations of periodicity, pitch, and timbre.
Expressive burps, coughs, braps, toots, and more.
Noise as expression.

Chapter 8
The Delayed
Delayed Voice

Acoustic echo and delay, caves to concert halls.
Space and echo in musical composition. Tape echo,
delay, other effects. Electronic reverberation,
artificial chorus, flanging, pitch shifting.

Chapter 9
The Notated Voice

A history of writing, paper, alphabets, shorthand, etc.
Music notation, ancient to modern. Scales and modes.
Guido's hand, Kodaly's hand signs. Musical conducting.
Printing, music printing, some on computers in music.

Chapter 10
The Broadcast Voice

History of broadcasting from smoke signals
to drums to wireless telegraph to
telephone to radio to television to the web.

Chapter 11
The Microphonic Voice

Microphone types, technologies, and pickup patterns.
The "Perfect Microphone?" Microphones for effect.
Mic, stand, and cable as instruments and fetish.

Chapter 12
The Recorded Voice

Sound recording in myth, lore, and pre-history.
Music boxes, player pianos, and other musical machines.
Mechanical, electrical, and digital recording/playback.
The "Record Biz" Sonic sculpture. Studio as instrument.

Chapter 13
The Amplified Voice

Collecting/directing sound, earhorns and megaphones.
Mechanically amplified instruments. Electric guitars.
Home, theater, and studio speakers through history.
Loudspeakers and amplifiers. Hearing aids.

Chapter 14
The Holy Voice

Praying machines,
instruments/voice
and the church,
much more
More coming shortly

Chapter 15
The Silent Voice

Chapter 16
The Anonymous Voice

Chapter 17
The Instrumental Voice

Chapter 18
The Legal Voice

Chapter 19
The Mechanical Voice

Early and pre-history of
voice synthesis
Mechanical Era up to electricity
More coming shortly

Chapter 20
The Synthesized Voice

Chapter 21
The Fictional
Robotic Voice

Chapter 22
The Compositional Voice

Appendix A
The Billboard #1 Hits