preprint · 2026

Formant-Informed Harmony

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Abstract

This project introduces a structural model of musical harmony grounded in vocal formant theory. By aligning the harmonic spectra of musical chords with the formant frequencies of sung vowels, the model proposes a quantitative measure of spectral congruence to explain the perceptual coherence of simultaneous tones. Drawing from acoustic phonetics, auditory perception, and music theory, the study bridges symbolic harmonic analysis with the spectral characteristics of human vocalization. The model offers applications in music analysis, composition, pedagogy, and computational systems for automatic accompaniment generation. This project is part of the Structural Foundations cluster and contributes to the broader effort to ground symbolic structures in perceptual and cognitive principles.

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APA 7

STUDENT, B. (2026). Formant-Informed Harmony. https://doi.org/10.17605/osf.io/sn4pz

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STUDENT, By. “Formant-Informed Harmony.” 2026, https://doi.org/10.17605/osf.io/sn4pz.

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STUDENT, By. 2026. “Formant-Informed Harmony.” https://doi.org/10.17605/osf.io/sn4pz.

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STUDENT, B. (2026) ‘Formant-Informed Harmony’. Available at: https://doi.org/10.17605/osf.io/sn4pz.

BibTeX

@misc{student2026formant,
  title = {{Formant-Informed Harmony}},
  author = {STUDENT, By},
  year = {2026},
  doi = {10.17605/osf.io/sn4pz}
}

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