The History of Music: The Human Voice

The way the Respiratory System works is complicated . It also is surprisingly fast in what it does. First the Diaphragm moves downwards which causes the lungs to expand creating a vacuum for air . Air enters the mouth or nose and goes through the Pharynx and into the Larynx to the vocal cords .The air then goes down the Trachea and into two Bronchi which feed into the lungs .Then air reaches tiny little itty bitty sacs called Alveoli .Which pass oxygen into the bloodstream.When the Diaphragm moves upwards air moves out the lungs up the Trachea through the Pharynx and out the mouth or

“voice” (246) denotative~ the sound produced in a person's larynx and uttered through the mouth, as speech or song.

One of our first assignments this semester was to explain the history and story behind the number one, and how this related to music. We did this through research of ancient mathematicians and the ratios that made music enjoyable to listen to. This was the first topic that introduced us to the relationship between humanism, science and technology. Throughout this course, we have studied numbers, poems and a significant amount of music, all of which have helped us to gain a better understanding of the relationship between humanism and science.

The airway is divided into two main parts, upper and lower. The upper airway includes the nose and nasal passages, paranasal sinuses, the pharynx, and the portion of the larynx above the vocal cords. The lower airways includes the portion of the larynx below the vocal cords, trachea, bronchi and bronchioles, as well as the lungs, although whether the lungs are part of the lower airway or another part among themselves is still a hotly debated topic. Respiration is controlled in the brain by the medulla and the pons, with an exception being the Hering-Breuer reflex controlled by the stretch receptors. Breathing is considered a both voluntary and involuntary action, as humans can override their involuntary breathing,

Terms associated with singing literacy would be ‘chest voice,’ ‘head voice,’ ‘mixed voice,’ ‘falsetto,’ ‘voice box,’ ‘hard palate,’ ‘soft palate,’ and ‘vocal folds.’ Terms associated with acting are ‘portrayal,’ ‘tone,’ ‘embodying,’ ‘theatre voice’ (loud, exaggerated), ‘imagination,” ‘body language,’ ‘facial expressions’ ‘empathy’ (towards the

The vocal note produced by the vibrations of the vocal folds is complex and made up of periodic (regular and repetitive) and aperiodic (irregular and non-repetitive) sound waves. The aperiodic waves are random noise introduced into the vocal signal owing to irregular or asymmetric adduction (closing) of the vocal folds. Noise impairs the clarity of the vocal note and too much noise is perceived as hoarseness.

➢ After leaving the pharynx, air enters the ;larynx, where two pairs of ligaments, together with the mucosa covering them, forms the vestibular and vocal folds. These folds help prevent foreign particles, including food, from entering the lower respiratory system.

After moving to New York City to pursue an acting career, I continued to work on my singing voice through professional voice lessons. As I learned more about my own voice, I became very interested in the science behind singing and speaking. This led to an independent inquiry for knowledge that quickly took me beyond the scope of singing pedagogy, and I began to rely on vocal anatomy and speech pathology text

If the epiglottis fails to cover the trachea the food travels down and blocks the passage, this causes a person to choke. Larynx The larynx is also known as the voice box. The larynx contains vocal cords, these vocal cords create vibrations when oxygen or carbon dioxide passes through, these vibrations are heard as our voices.

Singing is the most disappointing tool in music that has changed because today’s music has autotune, which is which is a piece of computer software that basically fixes the singers voice when the singer is like out of range of

Voice may be high-pitched and have an unusual rhythm and intonation – may sound sing-song like or monotonous.

Music is a significant element in most lives it takes a role in most cultures people believe in. Music contains a variety of elements within different genres such as the pitch, rhythm, dynamics, timbre and the texture. Different voices and different kinds of instruments produce a variety of frequent

Music is something that everybody can relate to and feel. In any honor choir that I have been to, I always hear that, "Music is an international language." It's true, because anyone can relate to music based on the chords, notes, and energy of the piece. This winter I went down to the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks and sang in their honor choir for high school students. We sang a piece called "Lullaby" by Joe Miller which is about

Some people use their sound to make some living. People express their feeling through music and dance.

The history of American music begins with a fundamental process of exchange through all different social lines, where diverse cultures meet, and mix. Music has and always will be defined as sounds that are arranged in a particular pattern that are played to be meaningful and pleasurable. The chronology of music began in the Medieval period, when chanting was introduced into the Church. Music has then moved its way through many stages: renaissance, baroque, classical, romantic and leading up to 20th century American music. American 20th century music is made up of a diverse number of styles that are reflected by cultural traditions and the era’s of the past. Immigrants from Spain, France, England, Germany and Ireland all contributed and brought their own unique styles to the forefront, hence creating American music. African Americans created influential musical traditions that include rhythm and improvisation that were later combined with European traditions and other indigenous music.