MUC4441/6445
Electroacoustic Music Composition/Digital I




Phoneme Characterization

The Bell System Technical Journal, January 1968


Phoneme
Vowels
IY
I
E
AE
UH
A
OW
U
OO
ER
Semi-vowels
W
Y
Liquids
L
R
Stops
B
D
G
P
T
K
Nasals
M
N
NG
Fricatives
F
TH
S
SH
V
THE
Z
ZH
F1

270
390
530
660
520
730
570
440
300
490

300
300

380
420

0
0
0
0
0
0

280
280
280

175
200
200
175
175
200
200
175
F2

2290
1990
1840
1720
1190
1090
840
1020
870
1350

610
2200

880
1300

800
1700
2350
800
1700
2350

900
1700
2300

900
1400
1800
1800
1100
1600
1300
1800
F3

3010
2550
2480
2410
2390
2440
2410
2240
2240
1690

2200
3065

2575
1600

1750
2600
2000
1750
2600
2000

2200
2600
2750

2400
2200
2500
2000
2400
2200
2500
2000
D1

75
75
75
75
75
37
75
75
75
75

25
25

25
30

50
30
15
50
30
10

17
17
17

30
30
30
30
30
30
30
30
D2

75
75
80
75
75
75
75
75
80
80

40
110

80
80

75
50
50
40
30
30

17
17
17

50
40
40
100
50
40
40
100
D3

150
110
110
110
75
115
115
115
90
100

150
200

150
100

120
160
100
80
100
70

40
100
100

120
100
70
150
120
100
70
150
Nasal

-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

-
-

-
-

-
-
-
-
-
-

+
+
+

-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Fricative

-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

-
-

-
-

-
-
-
-
-
-

-
-
-

+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
Voiced

+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+

+
+

+
+

+
+
+
-
-
-

+
+
+

-
-
-
-
+
+
+
+

- last update 16 September 2019 -