An Acoustics analys of 'kulning' (cattle calls) recorded in an outdoor setting on location in Dalarna (Sweden) [Elektronisk resurs]

• The Swedish cattle call singing style ‘kulning’ is surprisingly understudied, despite its almost mythical status in Swedish folklore. While some physiological-productive aspects of kulning have been treated in previous work, acoustic properties are still much lacking description. This paper adds to and extends the results presented in a previous study [7], where kulning and head voice (“falsetto”) was acoustically analysed in two indoor settings: a normal room and an anechoic chamber. In the present study, the same singer, singing the same kulning in the same two modes (kulning and head voice), was recorded in an outdoor setting (close to the singer’s home), thus allowing for a comparison between “clinical” and more ecologically valid data. 

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