To address these challenges, we developed `pytch`. Our tool is currently the only software that enables singers and conductors to monitor and train harmonic interval singing in real time — a skill that is essential in many vocal traditions. This includes not only polyphonic genres such as traditional Georgian vocal music [@ScherbaumMRM19_MultimediaRecordings_FMA] or Barbershop singing [@HagermanS80_Barbershop_CITESEER], where precise tuning between voices is stylistically central, but also the practice of non-tempered tuning systems found in various oral traditions. In more detail, the vocal spectra can help singers fine-tune the expression of formant frequencies, while melodic and harmonic issues become visible through F0 trajectories and harmonic intervals. Unlike many existing tools, `pytch` does not require a musical score, making it well-suited for rehearsals, ethnomusicological research and pedagogical contexts focused on intonation and harmonic listening.
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