Body Parts
portion of the respiratory tract containing the vocal folds; important in swallowing, breathing, and vocal production
What is the Larynx?
vibrations that travel through the air or another medium
What is sound?
relatively slow flow of breath through vocal folds causing them to oscillate 20-50 times per second
What is creak?
This is required to start something vibrating (for example, breath for humans)
protrusion you feel at front of throat
What is thyroid cartilage?
repetitive or periodic motion which causes vibration
What is oscillation?
exhaling or breathing out
What is egressive?
This shapes flow into wide variety of pitch (example for humans: vocal tract)
What is the modifier?
tissues that come together and apart to create sound
What are vocal folds?
This happens when airflow is faster than the vocal tract can accommodate
What is noisy breath?
how quickly the vocal folds vibrate
What is frequency?
This is the thing that vibrates (Example in humans: Vocal folds)
What is oscillator?
These control whether the vocal folds are apart or together
What are the arytenoid cartilages?
process by which vocal folds produce certain sounds through quasi-periodic vibration
What is phonation?
perceived frequency of sound
What is pitch?
This instrument we consider closest to the human voice.
What is the cello?
Opening which regulates air flow
What is the glottis?
rate of breath through the vocal tract
What is flow?
inhaling/ breath going in
What is ingressive?
This is the instrument of the human body.
What is the voice?