A formant is a frequency at which the vocal tract resonates. The F1 formant tends to shift with the height of the tongue body, with a low F1 signifying a high tongue body. The F2 formant tends to shift with the backness of the tongue body, with the difference between F2 and F1 indicating relative backness of the tongue body. A low F2-F1 signifies a tongue body that is back in the vocal tract.
Any of the constituents of a sound, especially a vowel sound, that impart to the sound its own special quality, tone colour, or timbre resonance of the vocal tract; a characteristic component of the quality of a sound, especially a speech sound; specifically any of several bands in which the frequencies subsidiary to the main frequency of a vowel sound are at their strongest and that differentiate the sound of one vowel from that of another.
A resonance in the vocal tract which is usually manifested as a peak in the spectral envelope of a speech sound
a band of acoustic energy produced by spoken vowels and resonant consonants
a concentration of acoustic energy around a particular frequency in the speech wave
a dark band on a wide band spectrogram, which corresponds to a vocal tract resonance
a distinguishing or meaningful frequency component of human speech and of singing
a favored frequency range produced by some sort of resonance which stays essentially the same even if the fundamental is continually changing
a peak of frequencies in the spectrum of a sound which may be associated with a resonance in the mechanism of the production of the sound
a preferred resonating frequency of any acoustical system
a resonance frequency of the vocal tract
a resonance within a vibrating body - the singer's vocal tract
a set of narrow band pass filters
is the harmonic content of a sound which determine the sound's character. In human vocalization formants are produced by the shape of the lips, position of the tongue, length and tensions of the vocal cords. Frequency is the number of times per second that a sound wave cycle repeats. Higher frequency producing a higher perceived pitch.
a group of overtones corresponding to a resonating frequency of the air in the vocal tract. Vowesl are characterized by three formants. The basic frequencies of the vibrations of the air in the vocal tract. (LC:293)
component of the frequency spectrum of speech sounds. The interactions of the three lowest formants (F1, F2, and F3) are highly diagnostic, producing the distinctive sound quality of vowels and many consonants.
A resonant peak in a frequency spectrum. For example, the variable formants produced by the human vocal tract are what give vowels their characteristic sound.
A band of high energy concentrated in a specific frequency range.
One of the regions of concentrated energy, prominent on a sound spectrogram, that collectively constitute the frequency spectrum of a speech [or singing] sound. (See also Singer's formant.)
A formant is a peak in an acoustic frequency spectrum which results from the resonant frequencies of any acoustical system. It is most commonly invoked in phonetics or acoustics involving the resonant frequencies of vocal tracts or musical instruments. However, it is equally valid to talk about the formant frequencies of the air in a room, as exploited, for example, by Alvin Lucier in his piece I am sitting in a room.