Voice
Anatomy
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Vocal chords
Vocal chords at work
The sound wave produces by the vocal chords contains many frequencies that may or may not be enhanced by the resonances (formants) of the vocal tract 6dB/octave
Roughly: L = 17 cm from mouth to vocal folds L = 17 cm from mouth to vocal folds f = v/4L x 1 ~ 500 Hz f = v/4L x 1 ~ 500 Hz v/4L x 3 ~ 1500 Hz v/4L x 3 ~ 1500 Hz Higher than anybody’s talking voices ( Hz)
someone saying the vowel in “heard”
Formants stay fixed as pitch changes
Formants change depending on the vowel
3tekstenmetaudioenbmp-voor-PAS/for%20PAS%20oral/millesoral.htm Singer’s formant