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Happy Birthday in four vocal sets
Jeremy Fisher
An analysis a spectrogram of
four different vocal sets:
Demonstrating a song in four
different vocal sets. First, notice the red formants. In each
quarter of the reading they “sit” higher or lower. Since all the
formants are sitting high or low together, this reflects the
relative height of my larynx. The first quarter is in Sob, with a
lowered larynx, thyroid tilt and thinner vocal folds. The second
quarter is in nasal twang, with a higher larynx, thinner folds and
increased aryepiglottic constriction (Twang). The third quarter is
in full opera quality – my vocal folds are thicker, my larynx is
lowered, but I am maintaining the twang. The fourth quarter is in
straight Speech quality, with thick folds, no laryngeal tilt and my
neutral larynx height. It is interesting to note that my habitual
larynx height is fairly high, despite the fact that I am a bass.
Listen to the
recording:
demo_jfhappybirthday.wav, 624KB
View the full
spectrogram:
View the
full spectrogram: JPEG image file, 221KB
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Giving the student broader knowledge about the structures of the
larynx can be effective on many levels of their training and
understanding. The 'moveable larynx' has long been the starting
point of Vocal Process courses including Singing and the Actor Training.
Download:
build_your_own_
tilting_larynx.pdf
[2-page PDF, 294kb]
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