Introduction: Vocal fold oscillation patterns in tenors singing at high pitches (stage voice above the passaggio) are not yet understood in detail.
Materials And Methods: Nine professional opera tenors performed a transition from modal register (220 Hz) to falsetto or stage voice above the passaggio (440 Hz) on an /i/ vowel. High-speed digital imaging was performed using a rigid laryngoscopic system with a frame rate of 4,000 frames per second.
Results: During the transition to stage voice above the passaggio seven out of nine tenors exhibited a strong retraction of the epiglottis with rising F0, which prevented further analysis of vocal fold oscillations. During transitions to falsetto many supraglottic modifications were also observed.
Conclusion: Tenor stage voice above the passaggio seems to be typically associated with retraction of the epiglottis for the vowel /i/ thus preventing examination of vocal fold oscillations using rigid laryngoscopy.
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