vocal folds
Laryngeal sound producers
Vocal folds are the paired membranes in the larynx that vibrate to produce voice.
Air from the lungs passes through them, and their tension and position determine pitch and volume.
Also called vocal cords, though they are folds of tissue rather than strings.
The singer's vocal folds were strained from overuse.
Speech-producing throat organ
- glottisVocal cord opening
- epiglottisWindpipe-covering throat cartilage
- tracheaRespiratory airway tube
- mucosaMoist organ lining
Rapid oscillating movement
- phonationVocal fold vibration
- frequencyRate of recurrence
- pitchFrequency of sound
- harmonicsFrequencies above the fundamental
overtones · timbre · resonance · amplitude · soundwave · oscillation · Bernoulli effect
Vocal fold vibration
- voicingExpressing aloud
- articulationClear vocal expression
- prosodyStudy of verse rhythm
- intonationPitch variation in speech
Small rounded protuberances
- polypsFixed aquatic invertebrates
- cystsFluid-filled body sacs
- edemaPathological tissue puffiness
- hemorrhageProfuse discharge of blood
paralysis · paresis · granuloma · dysphonia · aphonia · hoarseness · laryngitis · spasmodic dysphonia
Oscillating pitch effect
- falsettoArtificially elevated singing register
- beltingForceful chest-voice singing
- registersRecords officially
- passaggioVocal register transition zone
coloratura · tessitura · projection · placement · twang
larynx
Speech-producing throat organ
- glottisVocal cord opening
- epiglottisWindpipe-covering throat cartilage
- tracheaRespiratory airway tube
mucosa · epithelium · adduction · abduction
vibration
Rapid oscillating movement
harmonics · overtones · timbre · resonance · amplitude · soundwave · oscillation · Bernoulli effect
phonation
Vocal fold vibration
- voicingExpressing aloud
- articulationClear vocal expression
- prosodyStudy of verse rhythm
nodules
Small rounded protuberances
hemorrhage · paralysis · paresis · granuloma · dysphonia · aphonia · hoarseness · laryngitis · spasmodic dysphonia · scarring
vibrato
Oscillating pitch effect
- falsettoArtificially elevated singing register
- beltingForceful chest-voice singing
- registersRecords officially
passaggio · coloratura · tessitura · projection · placement · twang
- throatthroat, pharynx, larynx, esophagus, tonsils
- voiceutterance, sound, tone, larynx, pitch
- phoneticsphonemes, phoneme, consonants, vowels, vibration
- larynxlarynx, epiglottis, glottis, arytenoid cartilage, Adam's apple
- speech soundsvowel, diphthong, nasal, monophthong, fricative
- vocal tractlarynx, pharynx, glottis, tongue, palate