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How does singing work? |
by Brian Griffin (whyzz writer) >> more about the author
Picking Up Good Vibrations
It might be hard to imagine there’s a lot of vibrating happening in your neck, but it’s pretty easy to feel. All you have to do is whisper for a little while and put your hand on your throat. You won’t feel much vibration at all, but then start speaking normally or singing. You’ll feel different muscles start to work and your fingers will be able to feel the vibrations!
Our bodies are just like musical instruments! We can use our voices to create lots of different types of sounds and different pitches. We use the word “pitch” to talk about how high or low a note is.
How we sing begins in our lungs. We push air out and it travels through a special tube in our necks called the larynx. You can see where the larynx is on some men because it shows up as the Adam’s apple.
Our vocal chords are flaps of tissue that are connected to the larynx, and by using different muscles, we can vibrate them. Vibrating the vocal chords causes the air passing through them to vibrate. This makes noise when we talk and when we sing. If we make the vocal chords vibrate really fast, we get a high pitch, and if we vibrate them more slowly, we get a lower pitch. By combining different pitches, we can sing songs!
How we sing begins in our lungs. We push air out and it travels through a special tube in our necks called the larynx. You can see where the larynx is on some men because it shows up as the Adam’s apple.
Our vocal chords are flaps of tissue that are connected to the larynx, and by using different muscles, we can vibrate them. Vibrating the vocal chords causes the air passing through them to vibrate. This makes noise when we talk and when we sing. If we make the vocal chords vibrate really fast, we get a high pitch, and if we vibrate them more slowly, we get a lower pitch. By combining different pitches, we can sing songs!
Picking Up Good Vibrations
It might be hard to imagine there’s a lot of vibrating happening in your neck, but it’s pretty easy to feel. All you have to do is whisper for a little while and put your hand on your throat. You won’t feel much vibration at all, but then start speaking normally or singing. You’ll feel different muscles start to work and your fingers will be able to feel the vibrations!
