About Your Voice

About Your Voice.   Your voice is the sound made by vibration of the vocal cords caused by air passing out through the larynx bringing the cords closer together.


Your larynx sits on top of your trachea (windpipe) and when you are silent, the cords remain open. They create an airway through which you breathe.

When you speak or sing, the vocal cords tighten up and move closer together. Air from the lungs is forced between them and makes them vibrate, producing the sound of our voice.Vocal Cord

The frequency that your vocal cords vibrate will determine the pitch of your sound. They vibrate faster for higher-pitched sounds, slower for lower-pitched sounds.  The tongue, lips, and teeth form this sound wave into words.

Male vocal cords tend to be longer and thicker and vibrate slower within the larynx, giving the male voice a deeper, lower sound. The larynx is also known as the Adams Apple and is more visible in males.  Female vocal cords tend to be shorter, thinner and vibrate more quickly, giving the female voice a higher and lighter sound.

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Tone and Resonance

The physical action of singing or speaking is the same for everyone.  However, the reason we all sound different to each other is down to our physical attributes. The shape of our head, our bone structure, the position of our teeth, our nasal cavity, our sinuses, our tongue.

Once that sound is produced by our vocal cords, it travels up towards our mouth and nose, where we resonate that sound wave around our head, shaping and polishing before we exhale our own unique sound.

Your tone and resonance can be improved as you learn to sing.  You will discover your resonators and how and where to place your notes for the sound you wish to make.

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