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That runs against what I was taught in my high-school choir. In groups of male singers, there's a rule of thumb that you need more basses than tenors because t
by mbg721 5y ago
That runs against what I was taught in my high-school choir. In groups of male singers, there's a rule of thumb that you need more basses than tenors because the guys singing the lower notes are harder to hear. It may be that at lower pitches, their vocal cords just aren't making as much noise.
- scythe 5y agoI would agree that the loudest human vocalization is probably much louder and therefore more audible at mid-to-high range pitches (my own voice seems to confirm this). But the loudest human vocalizations are not relevant in the vast majority of conversations, pitch notwithstanding. For example, most people reading this comment would probably attract a significant amount of negative attention if they emitted a sound near their maximum vocal loudness. But at an equal sound power level in watts-per-square-meter, low sounds tend to come through better -- human hearing sensitivity drops off below 100 Hz, but the lowest male voice is around 80 Hz, so that's not usually important.
- thfuran 5y agohttp://web.engr.uky.edu/~donohue/audio/fsear.html http://web.engr.uky.edu/~donohue/audio/fsear.html It's not just dropping below 100 Hz, it's already quite low by then.