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Vocal Range of Older Adults in Comparison with Young Adults Depending on the Presence of Pitch Cues

음정제시 유무에 따른 노인과 성인의 음역대 비교

  • 홍혜진 (이화여자대학교 음악치료학과) ;
  • 김수지 (이화여자대학교 교육대학원 음악치료교육전공)
  • Received : 2015.10.21
  • Accepted : 2015.12.29
  • Published : 2016.04.28
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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to compare the vocal range between the older and young adults depending on the absence and presence of pitch cues. Participants were 44 older adults aged from 60 to 85 years and 59 college students aged from 19 to 25 years. Each participant was instructed to vocalize for examining the possible highest pitch to the lowest pitch in two conditions; with and without pitch cues. Without pitch cues, the maximum and minimum pitch of male participants was higher in the older adults than in the young adults group, while the minimum pitch of females was lower in the older adults group than in the young adults group. When presented with pitch cues, young adults could expand their vocal range, but the older adults showed no significant changes in produced vocal ranges. The results indicate that the range of voice in older adults may be affected by aging and these results can be beneficial when selecting the appropriate range of song for singing activities with older adults.

본 연구는 음정제시 유무에 따른 노인과 성인의 음역대를 비교하고자 실시되었다. 연구 대상은 서울 및 광주시 소재의 노인복지회관과 경로당을 이용하는 만 60세 이상 85세 이하 노인 44명과 만 19세 이상 25세 이하 대학생 59명으로 총 103명이었다. 대상자는 먼저 음정을 듣지 않고 기본 발성 음도에서 점차 높은 음과 낮은 음을 발성하였고 이후 음정을 들으면서 동일하게 발성하도록 유도되었다. 연구결과, 음정제시 없이 발성 시 남성의 경우 노인이 성인에 비해 최저음의 음도가 상대적으로 높았으며 여성의 경우 노인이 최고음과 최저음도가 모두 낮은 것으로 나타났다. 음정을 제시하는 조건에서 성인은 음정을 들을 때 최저음과 최고음이 더 확장되어 발성하였으나, 노인의 경우 의미 있는 차이가 발견되지 않았다. 본 연구 결과 제시된 음역대는 추후 노인 대상 노래부르기 활동 시 음역대 선택에 있어 적용 가능한 기초자료가 될 수 있으리라 사료된다.

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