Cords (hear us and have mercy)

*Just had to re-post this as the original video had been removed from YouTube.

Here's a YouTube video that Irene showed us in our final pedagogy class today. This reflects some of what I've been studying all semester. Very cool...and gross...but mostly cool. You can see how different each voice is in size and function. Soprano, alto, bass, and tenor. Each with different size of folds. It's so amazing to me how we make sound with two tiny folds that lengthen and shorten and vibrate. I can't imagine how difficult it would have been for these singers to keep their cool as they sang with the stroboscope in. WARNING: it's not pleasant to watch...but this is what the voice looks like. So if you can stomach it, be amazed with me!

(Looking down on the vocal folds, you can see the epiglottis which assists in swallowing, you can see the vocal folds staying open as they breath and come together when they sing. They also change length as they sing different notes (lengthen for high notes, shorten for low notes). The two "horns" at the back of the folds are cartilage that closes/opens the vocal folds.)

A Glimpse into my studies

Here's a YouTube video that Irene showed us in our final pedagogy class today. This reflects some of what I've been studying all semester. Very cool...and gross...but mostly cool. You can see how different each voice is in size and function. Soprano, alto, bass, and tenor. Each with different size of folds. It's so amazing to me how we make sound with two tiny folds that lengthen and shorten and vibrate. I can't imagine how difficult it would have been for these singers to keep their cool as they sang with the stroboscope in. WARNING: it's not pleasant to watch...but this is what the voice looks like. So if you can stomach it, be amazed with me!