vocal pitch
How high-low sounds
Vocal pitch is how high or low a voice sounds, determined by the frequency of vibrations in the vocal cords.
Faster vibrations produce higher pitches, slower ones produce lower pitches.
Speakers naturally vary their vocal pitch for emphasis, to signal questions, or to convey emotion—a flat, unchanging pitch often sounds robotic or disengaged.
Her vocal pitch rose at the end of every sentence, making statements sound like questions.
Singers train to control and extend their vocal pitch range.
- autotuneAudio pitch-adjusting software
- high notesElevated musical tones
- toneQuality of sound
- intonationPitch variation in speech
- frequencyRate of recurrence
larynx · belt · crack · inflection · prosody · octave · register · low register · modulation · hum · harmonics · melody · deep · warble · timbre · voice · voice training · resonance
- speech patternsspeech patterns, speech pattern, tempo, articulation, pace
- speechspeech, speaking, talk, diction, conversation
- vocal emotionscrying, laughing, sighing, whimpering, shouting
vocal pitchhigh pitch
Elevated sound frequency
treble · bass · soprano · falsetto · deep voice