Guwahati, June 7 -- Reported by Roopak Goswami

Guwahati: A new scientific study has examined the distinctive wordless humming style that has long been associated with singer Zubeen Garg, finding that it contains measurable acoustic properties that may explain its strong emotional impact on listeners.

Published in the Journal of Voice, the official journal of The Voice Foundation and the International Association of Phonosurgery in the United States, the paper represents the first systematic acoustic analysis of Garg's humming technique.

Titled "Quantitative Acoustic Profiling of Zubeen Garg's Humming: Temporal Patterning and Spectral Balance," the study was carried out by Kishore Dutta of Handique Girls' College, Guwahati, along with i...