@article{ART003102560},
author={Ko, Su-jin},
title={A study on Synesthetic Color Symbolism through Comparison of Female Vowel Formants and Haegeum Formants},
journal={Journal of the Korean Society for Musicology},
year={2024},
volume={32},
number={1},
pages={51-75},
doi={10.34303/mscol.2024.32.1.002}
TY - JOUR
AU - Ko, Su-jin
TI - A study on Synesthetic Color Symbolism through Comparison of Female Vowel Formants and Haegeum Formants
JO - Journal of the Korean Society for Musicology
PY - 2024
VL - 32
IS - 1
PB - The Korean Society for Musicology
SP - 51
EP - 75
AB - The sound of every instrument has unique formants that represent the characteristics of that instrument. Not only the sounds of musical instruments but also the ‘vowels’ of the human voice can be expressed as formants, and F1 is related to the position of the jaw opening, that is, the openness of the vowel. And F2 is related to the anterior-posterior position of the tongue, that is, the frontality of the vowel.
Based on this, a comparative analysis of the formants of Haegeum and female vowels is as follows.
The formants of female vowels are analyzed as follows. When comparing the English vowel ‘ɑ’ and the Korean vowel ‘아’ on the graph, the Korean vowel ‘아’, which has somewhat higher F1 and F2, is brighter than the English vowel ‘ɑ’. When actually pronounced, the Korean vowel ‘아’ is a bright sound made with the tongue slightly forward, while the English vowel ‘ɑ’ is a somewhat dark sound made inside the mouth with the tongue turned back.
As seen in the color perception results of synesthetes, just as one feels ‘red’ in the tone of a violin, one can also feel ‘red’ in the haegeum, a stringed instrument. It can be inferred that the vowel ‘ɑ’ has a similar pitch in F3 and F4 compared to the haegeum, but is lower in F1 and F2, so it has a somewhat darker tone. In fact, it is a darker tone than the Korean vowel ‘아’. Of course, ‘ɑ’ and ‘아’ are similar sounds, but the Korean vowel ‘아’ is closer to the tone of the haegeum.
In other words, the violin tone is close to the English ‘ɑ’, and the similar Korean stringed Korean instrument, Haegeum, is close to the Korean vowel ‘아’, and the tone of the Haegeum can be said to be brighter and stronger than the violin tone.
KW - Haegeum;Vowel;Formant;Color Symbolism;Chromethesia
DO - 10.34303/mscol.2024.32.1.002
ER -
Ko, Su-jin. (2024). A study on Synesthetic Color Symbolism through Comparison of Female Vowel Formants and Haegeum Formants. Journal of the Korean Society for Musicology, 32(1), 51-75.
Ko, Su-jin. 2024, "A study on Synesthetic Color Symbolism through Comparison of Female Vowel Formants and Haegeum Formants", Journal of the Korean Society for Musicology, vol.32, no.1 pp.51-75. Available from: doi:10.34303/mscol.2024.32.1.002
Ko, Su-jin "A study on Synesthetic Color Symbolism through Comparison of Female Vowel Formants and Haegeum Formants" Journal of the Korean Society for Musicology 32.1 pp.51-75 (2024) : 51.
Ko, Su-jin. A study on Synesthetic Color Symbolism through Comparison of Female Vowel Formants and Haegeum Formants. 2024; 32(1), 51-75. Available from: doi:10.34303/mscol.2024.32.1.002
Ko, Su-jin. "A study on Synesthetic Color Symbolism through Comparison of Female Vowel Formants and Haegeum Formants" Journal of the Korean Society for Musicology 32, no.1 (2024) : 51-75.doi: 10.34303/mscol.2024.32.1.002
Ko, Su-jin. A study on Synesthetic Color Symbolism through Comparison of Female Vowel Formants and Haegeum Formants. Journal of the Korean Society for Musicology, 32(1), 51-75. doi: 10.34303/mscol.2024.32.1.002
Ko, Su-jin. A study on Synesthetic Color Symbolism through Comparison of Female Vowel Formants and Haegeum Formants. Journal of the Korean Society for Musicology. 2024; 32(1) 51-75. doi: 10.34303/mscol.2024.32.1.002
Ko, Su-jin. A study on Synesthetic Color Symbolism through Comparison of Female Vowel Formants and Haegeum Formants. 2024; 32(1), 51-75. Available from: doi:10.34303/mscol.2024.32.1.002
Ko, Su-jin. "A study on Synesthetic Color Symbolism through Comparison of Female Vowel Formants and Haegeum Formants" Journal of the Korean Society for Musicology 32, no.1 (2024) : 51-75.doi: 10.34303/mscol.2024.32.1.002
