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Description
Raising and Lowering the Larynx is the fifth in Looking at a Voice series of downloadable voicebox videos from Vocal Process ["stunning shots" The Singer magazine]. Each video in the series contains clear footage of a healthy functioning larynx performing various vocal tasks.

Raising and Lowering the Larynx demonstrates some of the changes in sound that are possible with a flexible larynx. The subject holds a constant pitch, and raises and lowers the larynx, lengthening and shortening the tube to create brighter or darker sounds. This footage clarifies the often confusing difference between pitch and tuning. A pitch counter is shown throughout the examples, indicating that the pitch itself fluctuates only minutely - the vocal folds continue to vibrate at the same rate. However, the tuning and quality of the sound changes markedly as the vocal tract is lengthened and shortened, demonstrating that vocal tract alterations can be used to adjust tuning even if the pitch is held.

This series has been devised for singers and speakers wanting to see and hear different vocal manoeuvres, for SLTs involved in voice and endoscopy, and for those new to scientific vocal terminology and application. Both nasal and oral endoscopy film are used, and the viewer can rewind or pause the video at any point.

Jeremy Fisher is a  performance coach, accompanist, musical director and singer.  He has worked on numerous operas and theatre shows in the West End and on tour. Jeremy contributes regularly to Music Teacher, Classroom Music and Early Music Today magazines, and is author of the free ebook 86 things you never hear a singer say and co-author of Successful Singing Auditions.

Charitable Donations
Vocal Process is donating 10% of the proceeds from this video ebook to registered charities. Our current chosen charities are the British Association for Performing Arts Medicine (BAPAM) and the British Voice Association (BVA).

    

Technical Information
This video ebook is individually password-protected using the Ebook Pro system. When you buy the video ebook you will be given immediate access to the file for downloading onto your computer, and an individual username and password. Please note that this is a PC-only download. You will then need to download the free Ebook Pro Viewer from the supplied link. Stay online, insert your username and password, and open your video ebook.
 

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