Variability of vibrato - a comparative study between Japanese traditional singing and bel canto -
Kenji Kojima, Masuzo Yanagida, Ichiro Nakayama · 2004
Several styles of vibrato are investigated, comparing those of Japanese traditional singing with western bel canto from viewpoints of stationarity, depth, rate, build-up time, and synchronization between and power.Analyzed as Japanese traditional singing are Noh, Kyogen, Heikyoku(Biwa), Shomyo, Kabuki and Nagauta.Singers of Japanese traditional singing include living national treasures.Data are taken from a CD database edited by Nakayama, the last author of this report.