Synthesizing Race: Towards an Analysis of the Performativity of Vocal Timbre
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Sociedad de Etnomusicología
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| contents | Synthesizing Race: Towards an Analysis of the Performativity of Vocal Timbre Nina Eidsheim Arte Soul voice Vocaloid semiotics vocal timbre Vocaloid is a vocal synthesis software package that "sings back" any pitch and word combination entered by a user, impersonating a singer with a designated sex, age and race. Lola and Leon, the first pair of "singers" designed, were introduced as "generic soul-singing voices." Investigating vocal timbre as a cultural artifact, I look at the processes by which audience connect specific vocal sounds with particular ideas such as race and gender. Such reification of notions of race through vocal timbre is circular: audiences join sounds with concepts; (live or digital) performers respond to these sound/concept compounds, and in turn confirm the listeners' linkages. Thus an analysis of timbre as an inner choreography is necessary to begin to map and denaturalize the connection between vocal timbre and race. 2009 artículo científico 1697-0101 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=82220946009 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=822 Trans. Revista Transcultural de Música application/pdf Sociedad de Etnomusicología Trans. Revista Transcultural de Música (España) Num.13 |
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| spellingShingle | Synthesizing Race: Towards an Analysis of the Performativity of Vocal Timbre Nina Eidsheim Arte Soul voice Vocaloid semiotics vocal timbre Synthesizing Race: Towards an Analysis of the Performativity of Vocal Timbre Nina Eidsheim Arte Soul voice Vocaloid semiotics vocal timbre Vocaloid is a vocal synthesis software package that "sings back" any pitch and word combination entered by a user, impersonating a singer with a designated sex, age and race. Lola and Leon, the first pair of "singers" designed, were introduced as "generic soul-singing voices." Investigating vocal timbre as a cultural artifact, I look at the processes by which audience connect specific vocal sounds with particular ideas such as race and gender. Such reification of notions of race through vocal timbre is circular: audiences join sounds with concepts; (live or digital) performers respond to these sound/concept compounds, and in turn confirm the listeners' linkages. Thus an analysis of timbre as an inner choreography is necessary to begin to map and denaturalize the connection between vocal timbre and race. 2009 artículo científico 1697-0101 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=82220946009 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=822 Trans. Revista Transcultural de Música application/pdf Sociedad de Etnomusicología Trans. Revista Transcultural de Música (España) Num.13 |
| title | Synthesizing Race: Towards an Analysis of the Performativity of Vocal Timbre |
| topic | Arte Soul voice Vocaloid semiotics vocal timbre |
| url | https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=82220946009 |