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This essay will explore the anatomy of voice, this will be done by looking at the power source, and vibratory source. This essay will allow a performer to fully understand their voice anatomy and get the most out of their performance. By completely understanding what the function of your voice is, how you would develop it and how to ensure you don’t cause injury you can further develop your performance.
Power Source (function/how you would develop the technique/how to not cause harm)
The power source is fundamental to creating a strong base to ensure a singer is singing correctly and strongly. The power source is the breath that supports the sound, the power source involves the lungs, diaphragm, trachea and core muscles. By correctly …show more content…
The anatomy of the vocal folds themselves is very intricate, the folds are located at the front on the larynx and their general structure includes the epithelium a thin and moist layer, which is the outer layer of the vocal folds. Underneath the epithelium is the Lamina propria (SLP) which is the part of the vocal folds which cause the sound through their vibration, the final layer being the vocal ligament determines the speed of the vibrations that occur, deciding the pitch and volume. The speed at which the vocal folds vibrate causing sound depends on many things including whether you are male, female, young, old and what pitch you are singing at. For example, a man singing at a low pitch the vocal folds do 110 cycles per second whereas a child singing at a high pitch the vocal folds do 300 cycles per …show more content…
Many singers especially those who have no previous training are very breathy singers and this is because they don’t know how to correctly and effectively close their vocal folds. When vocal folds aren’t closed properly they leak air and this causes the singing to be breathy, as well as the singer constantly needing excessive amounts of air as they are wasting air every time they sing. By practicing simple exercises, we can learn how to tightly shut our vocal folds to create a clearer sound as well as a strong and long-lasting sound. For inexperienced singing student they should start with lips trills to establish good breath stamina and support to then train the folds. After this the “NAY” exercise will further develop your vocal folds. By starting with making an N sound, this automatically makes the folds come together tightly, by then making an AY sound it involves the resonators of the anatomy, this allows the singer to experience the mixed register with the closed folds. With practice this creates a new register to explore, as well as improves the opening and closure of the vocal
This essay will explore the anatomy of voice, this will be done by looking at the power source, and vibratory source. This essay will allow a performer to fully understand their voice anatomy and get the most out of their performance. By completely understanding what the function of your voice is, how you would develop it and how to ensure you don’t cause injury you can further develop your performance.
Power Source (function/how you would develop the technique/how to not cause harm)
The power source is fundamental to creating a strong base to ensure a singer is singing correctly and strongly. The power source is the breath that supports the sound, the power source involves the lungs, diaphragm, trachea and core muscles. By correctly …show more content…
The anatomy of the vocal folds themselves is very intricate, the folds are located at the front on the larynx and their general structure includes the epithelium a thin and moist layer, which is the outer layer of the vocal folds. Underneath the epithelium is the Lamina propria (SLP) which is the part of the vocal folds which cause the sound through their vibration, the final layer being the vocal ligament determines the speed of the vibrations that occur, deciding the pitch and volume. The speed at which the vocal folds vibrate causing sound depends on many things including whether you are male, female, young, old and what pitch you are singing at. For example, a man singing at a low pitch the vocal folds do 110 cycles per second whereas a child singing at a high pitch the vocal folds do 300 cycles per …show more content…
Many singers especially those who have no previous training are very breathy singers and this is because they don’t know how to correctly and effectively close their vocal folds. When vocal folds aren’t closed properly they leak air and this causes the singing to be breathy, as well as the singer constantly needing excessive amounts of air as they are wasting air every time they sing. By practicing simple exercises, we can learn how to tightly shut our vocal folds to create a clearer sound as well as a strong and long-lasting sound. For inexperienced singing student they should start with lips trills to establish good breath stamina and support to then train the folds. After this the “NAY” exercise will further develop your vocal folds. By starting with making an N sound, this automatically makes the folds come together tightly, by then making an AY sound it involves the resonators of the anatomy, this allows the singer to experience the mixed register with the closed folds. With practice this creates a new register to explore, as well as improves the opening and closure of the vocal