My Singing Research Paper

Singing

What I Already Know As I was growing up, I have developed a powerfully strong affection for music. While listening to many songs, I have realized that the many artists who their songs all have a nice - sounding voice, but not everyone has the talent to sing beautifully like them. When I joined a choir a few years back, I learned there are four main note ranges: bass, tenor, alto, and soprano. The bass and tenor ranges are more often than not sung by men because of how low the notes in these ranges are; whereas women sing the high notes in the soprano and alto ranges. As I just mentioned, I was in a choir, but I am also in band. I play the flute, which is categorized into the soprano range, my singing range. Multiple of my other

Although we did have a little bit of time in class to research, I had more time at my house. Every time I went to start writing my essay, I would always get distracted; whether it be a book, a television show, youtube, food, or even of my pets. I had started writing my rough draft, but I was gladly interrupted by dinner, for I was extremely hungry. When I returned, I walked into a blizzard of my rough draft. It was shredded all over the top of my bed, the bottom of my bed, the floor, my desk, my nightstand, in my shoes, and my closet. I became violently upset. Thankfully, though, I did not act on my

The “power source” of a voice is the lungs. The stronger th breath, the stronger the voice. Where your voice actually comes from is a larynx, often call a voice box. Your larynx contains two vocal cords that vibrate when the air passes through, from the windpipes below. By themselves, the vocal cords produce a sound that is similar to a trumpet mouthpiece. The pieces above them take that and add a sound to make your voice. As I stated earlier, I used to think that the same gender should have the same pitch in voice. After talking to Michael Armstrong, MD, I know that is not the case. Dr. Armstrong explained to me why by saying,“The vocal cords vibrate when you speak or sing, and people have different sized voice boxes, which recreates a different sound between different people.” He also stated,“The other reason voices are different, is because of the shape of the throat.” So, a different size or shape equals a different sound. Another one of my questions was about vocal nodules. Vocal nodules, also called singer nodules or nodes, are caused by overuse or misuse of the voice. They look like calluses and develop in the midpoint of the vocal cords. Both men and women can be affected by them.

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