THE HUMAN VOICE
What is the timbre?
It is the set of characteristics that makes each person’s voice recognizable.
Muscle that contracts during inhalation and allows the lungs to fill with air.
Diaphragm
The set of notes we can sing without straining the voice
Vocal range
In which decade was beatboxing born?
In the 80s
Basic unit for measuring time in music.
Beats
What are the vocal chords?
What is The White Album?
Phase in which the diaphragm relaxes and air exits the lungs.
Exhalation
Higher female voice
Soprano
City were the beatbox was born
New York
Bar were the beats go together in threes
Triple metre
What are the cavities such as the mouth, the pharynx, and the nasal passages that amplify the sound of the voice?
The resonators
Why does air sometimes pass without producing sound?
Because the vocal chords are open
Shouting, drinking cold beverages, not resting, smoke
Which parts of the body are used in beatboxing?
Mouth, lips, tongue and voice.
It is a line that joins the heads of two ormore notes of the same pitch
Tie
The process in which the voice changes during adolescence
Voice change or voice mutation
What is the voice production
When the vocal chords close and the air passes through them and make them vibrate
Voice disorder that can lead to hoarseness or loss of voice if not cared for
Dysphonia
Reason why beatboxing emerged among young people in New York.
Lack of music playback devices to play rhythmic backing tracks
Sign that lengthens the duration of a note or rest by half its original value
Dot
What does it mean to train or educate the voice?
Controlling breathing, projection, and articulation of sounds.
Part of the respiratory system through which air passes before reaching the trachea and lungs.
Larynx
Growths that form on the vocal cords and produce hoarseness and difficulty in making certain sounds
Vocal nodules
Types of male voices from the highest to the lowest
Tenor, baritone and bass
We use this avoid writing the same repeated bars
Repeat sign