Across
- 3. lowest female* singing voice type
- 6. organ of the respiratory tract located in the throat and neck above the trachea/windpipe that houses the vocal folds. Also known as the Voice Box
- 7. Vocal Register with thick vocal folds and high larynx. Resembles calling or yelling (but not screaming)
- 9. middle-range voice type for females*
- 12. engagement of the abdominal muscles (including the sides and lower back) while exhaling
- 13. highest female voice type
- 16. range of notes a voice can sing. Classifies voice types.
- 17. only bone in the skeleton that does not connect to another bone
- 23. regular, pulsating change of pitch
- 25. up series of exercises meat to prepare the voice for singing.
- 26. vibrations that create tone through mouth, throat, and nasal passages. (“basic product of phonation is enhanced in timbre and/or intensity by the air-filled cavaties through which it passes on its way to the outside air”)
- 30. adult male singing voice type between tenor and bass
- 31. attached to the vocal folds and are vital to vocal fold position
- 32. very high male vocal register that can reach into soprano range
- 35. color or timbre of singing voice
- 37. bone on the roof of the mouth that helps form certain consonants (t,j,d,n)
- 38. transition between different vocal registers (Italian: passaggio).
- 39. elastic organ in the rib cage that fills with air
Down
- 1. membranes in the larynx that vibrate against each other to make sound.
- 2. the strength of speaking or singing where the voice is used loudly and clearly
- 4. Cartilage largest cartilage in the laryngeal skeleton that forms the laryngeal prominence aka Adam’s Apple
- 5. focus your sound on a part of the body to achieve different registers. (ex: singing in the mask, place the tone forward, singing from the throat, place the sound in your throat.)
- 8. highest* male voice type
- 9. singing in a combination of head voice and chest voice. Full, bright sound that is similar to belting but less likely to cause injury
- 10. changing the resonant cavities to sing more than one note at a time.
- 11. range of tones in the human voice produced by vocal folds
- 14. the vibration of the vocal folds to produce sound
- 15. clarity of pronunciation
- 18. Do to Do. A scale.
- 19. flap that keeps food and other matter from entering lungs. (helps consonant formation in some languages)
- 20. character or color of a musical sound
- 21. nasal area (upper resonators) where all elements of voice come together. Where you sing the strongest without putting too much strain on vocal folds
- 22. the position in which someone holds their body when standing or sitting
- 24. the lowest register of the voice in singing or speaking
- 27. strongest cartilage in the larynx (serves as a base)
- 28. high vocal register above chest voice
- 29. lowest male singing voice type
- 33. Windpipe
- 34. located behind hard palate. The raising and lowering dramatically impact resonance and articulation
- 36. muscular partition between the chest and abdomen. Raises and Lowers to control air flow.