The human voice is an amazing instrument
Summary
- Singing is a motor skill: coordinating muscles to achieve a pitch
Details
- We only have 2 'strings' in our musical instrument and yet can cover the same number of notes as a piano and in some cases more
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Quotes
"Through this complex orchestration of muscles, we become vocal powerhouses. As Ingo Titze, who directs the National Center for Voice and Speech, has pointed out, with our two humble “strings” humans can cover a musical range for which the piano requires eighty-eight. Some people can go beyond the piano. “Think of how many different things you can do with your voice,” the Royal Conservatory’s Hutchins said to me. “Compare that to your cat or dog.” We can imitate both; they can’t imitate anything"