Singing: The Mechanism and the Technic

abdominal acoustics adjustment aryepiglottic folds arytenoid becomes breath pressure called cartilage cavities chest voice compression concept consonants constrictor coordination cricoarytenoid cricoid cricothyroid diaphragm diction diphthong double formant epigastrium epiglottis exercise false cord falsetto fork formant forward frequency fricative front function fundamental glottal glottis harmonic Helmholtz high partials hyoid bone inhalation inharmonic instrument intensity labii larynx loud lower mechanism mouth muscles muscular nasal naso-pharynx noise octave overtone Paget pharynx phonation pitch plosive position possible posterior produced pronounce pronunciation pull pupil relaxed resonance ribs ring singer singing sinuses soft palate sonant song soprano sound speech string student surd swallowing syllable teacher teeth tenor tension theory thorax throat thyroarytenoid thyroarytenoid muscles thyroid thyroid cartilage timbre tone tongue trachea treble staff tune upper valve velum vibration vocal cords Voice New York vowel word