The Larynx
This cartilage protects the vocal folds and is a protrusion on the front of your throat.
What is the thyroid cartilage?
When the vocal folds are apart.
What is abduction?
The up and down vocal patterns of speech
What is intonation?
We yawn during warm-ups. Why?
What is because it raises the soft palate?
Filling a space with sound
What is projection?
This cartilage helps with moving the vocal folds apart and together.
What is the arytenoid cartilage?
When the vocal folds are together.
What is adduction?
Perceived frequency of sound
What is pitch?
Doing tongue-twisters during warm-ups activates the...what?
What are articulators?
Another name for the soft palate
What is velum?
This part of the larynx is shaped like a ring and appears at the bottom of the larynx.
What are the vocal folds?
Human sound modifier
What is vocal tract?
Name three of the resonators.
What are chest, head, and mouth?
(also acceptable: sinus cavities, throat
The bumpy plate on the roof of your mouth, behind your teeth
What is alveolar ridge?
This opening in the larynx allows for the flow of air.
What is the glottis?
This portion of the respiratory tract contains the vocal folds and is an integral part of swallowing, breathing, and vocal production.
What is the larynx?
Type of breath when we inhale
Name three of the articulators.
What are teeth, tongue, jaw, lips, hard and soft palates?
Clear precise pronunciation of speech
What is articulation?
This flap of tissue covers the vocal folds and protects them when we are swallowing.
What is the epiglottis?
Process by which vocal folds produce certain sounds through quasi-periodic vibration
What is phonation?
Type of breath when we exhale
What is eggressive?
The movement of breath
What is flow?
Human voice vibrating at 400 vibrations per second
What is Concert A?