Beatboxing May Be Safer Than Singing 發出節奏聲樂可能比歌唱安全

Because the glottis between the vocal cords stays open more than in normal singing, the practice may be safer than traditional vocalizing and could even be a good warm-up for singers. Wayt Gibbs reports
因為比起普通的歌唱,在唱節奏聲樂時聲帶間的聲門保持開放的狀態較多,因此節奏聲樂的實行比起傳統的用嗓子發聲更加安全,甚至對於歌手而言,是很好的開嗓方式。

文章出處(有錄音版,可聽到beatbox還有文中所提及的聲音範例):
http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=beatboxing-may-be-safer-than-singin-14-01-02

Which, do you imagine, is harder on the human voice: [rock singer sound], or [soprano sound]—or this [beatboxing sample]?
你認為哪一種發聲對於嗓子較吃力:搖滾歌手、女高音,還是這個節奏聲樂?

Beatboxing, as musician Tom Thum was doing in that last example, uses the voice to mimic an incredible range of percussive instruments, from drums and cymbals to record scratches and didgeridoos.
發出節奏聲樂,像是音樂家Tom Thum在最後範例中所表演的,使用嗓子來模仿打擊樂器,其範疇令人難以置信,從鼓聲、鈸聲,甚至到空前的刮擦聲和迪吉里杜管。

But to make such, well, inhuman sounds, the performer contorts various parts of the vocal tract and pushes air at high velocity through the larynx, creating concerns that beatboxing might lead to long-term vocal damage.
但是為了製造出這種...嗯...這種非人類的聲音,表演者扭曲了聲道的各種不同部位,並且擠出空氣以高速通過喉頭,產生表演節奏聲樂可能會導致長期聲音損害的疑慮。

So researchers took a close look at what happens inside the throat as the beat goes on. They snaked thin video cameras through the noses of four male beatboxers to watch their voice boxes during performance.
因此研究者決定就近觀察,當節奏開始時,究竟喉嚨裡發生了什麼事。他們將細小的攝影機蜿蜒通過四位男節奏聲樂表演者的鼻子,來觀察他們表演時的喉頭。

The study found that beatboxing is actually probably safer than normal singing—or the screams of a rock star—because the glottis between the vocal cords stays open more and the force doesn’t get concentrated in any one spot. The work appears in the Journal of Voice. [Andrew Sapthavee, Paul Yi and H. Steven Sims, Functional Endoscopic Analysis of Beatbox Performers]
研究發現事實上發出節奏聲樂可能比普通的歌唱還要安全,或是比搖滾歌手的尖叫更安全,因為聲帶之間的聲門保持開放的狀態更多,且力量也不會集中在任何一點。此研究發表於"聲音期刊"[節奏聲樂表演者的功能性內窺鏡分析]

A little beatboxing might thus even help singers warm up before they expound on the history of physics [Galileo, Galileo clip].
在歌手闡述物理學的歷史[伽利略、伽利略,音樂剪輯]之前,他們或許可以因此用一些節奏聲樂來開嗓。

—Wayt Gibbs


譯註:
A. BEATBOX
beatbox一般譯作人聲樂器、節奏口技或口技,但大陸網站流傳beatboxer不喜歡稱之為口技;且口技會聯想到學動物叫聲,卻少了音樂意涵;而人聲樂器,beatbox卻又不僅是模仿樂器,可為一首包含歌唱的曲子,甚至可表演成完整的音樂劇。參考了字典的解說,感覺可以翻譯成 人體音響、播放器,不管什麼聲音都發得出來,可是感覺不夠正式......
把它翻成節奏聲樂是認為,beatbox有很強的節奏性,包含了一般人歌唱所發出的聲音,也有模仿樂器的聲音,因此起了一個感覺好像過於氣派的名字,又會被聯想到一般的聲樂= =還是翻成節奏樂聲好了?或是單純的節奏人聲?

牛津字典
beatbox
1[countable] (informal) an electronic machine that produces drum sounds
2[countable] (informal) a radio, CD player, etc. that can be carried around and is used for playing loud music
3 (alsobeatboxer)[countable]a person who uses the voice to make sounds in hip hop
4[uncountable]music that is created using sounds made with the human voice

B. 聲門
兩條聲帶之間的區塊稱為聲門,聲門在平常無發聲的狀態時,是打開的;發聲時聲門會閉合,由肺部呼出的氣流振動聲帶發出聲音。

C. Tom Thum
澳洲人,2005年於德國World Beatbox Championships與Joel Turner合作拿下團體賽的冠軍。
其表演請參考youtube "Tom Thum at TED X Sydney 2013"  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNZBSZD16cY

D.迪吉里杜管
澳洲土著的傳統吹奏樂器,外型為木製圓形長管,可發出低沉的聲音。

E.聲道
用來發音的呼吸道的一部分,位於喉頭以上,包含咽頭、口腔與鼻腔。

F.伽利略
現代物理學之父,被認為是第一個去瞭解聲音頻率的人。


(心得:看到文章最後,才恍然大悟,原來聲音也是種物理現象啊!小時候學的全都被黑洞吸走了吧!不對!是被考試卷吸走了!= =汗顏)

 

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