Musical Acoustics Author: Clive Greated (c.a.greated@ed.ac.uk) Supplementary podcasts highlighting aspects discussed in the 'Musical Acoustics' course from the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Edinburgh. Be a guest on this podcast Language: en-gb Genres: Courses, Education Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it Get all podcast data

Listen Now...

Voice (8 mins, ~7 MB)
Saturday, 13 February, 2010

In singing, air pressure from the lungs is used to set the vocal folds into periodic oscillation producing a pitched sound source at the base of the vocal tract. By changing the positions of the jaw, lips and tongue the resonances of the air in the vocal tract, called vocal formants, can be altered. We perceive the different tone qualities produced as the vowel sounds used in everyday communication. Vocal tract resonances can also be used to help explain how the trained singer can be heard over the sound of an entire orchestra.

We also recommend:

Apologetics.com Radio Show
Harry Edwards, Jason Gallagher, Jonathan Noyes and Leslie Wickman

UC Davis Quantum Mechanics 115B
John Terning

Czech's podcast
Czech teacher

Culture Arts and Music
Culture Arts and Music

Deutsch warum nicht? Episodul 4 | Învarea limbii germane | Deutsche Welle
DW.COM Deutsche Welle

NASN Radio- National Association of School Nurses
BAM Radio Network

Hey! que tal? - Free spanish lessons

Marketing (Podcastreihe)
Prof. Dr. Anton Meyer

Literature, Art and Oxford
Oxford University

PhD: What Next?
University of Glasgow

World of Business (HD) 2G
FHNW School of Business Academy of Art and Design Electronic Studio of the Academy of Music

Christmas Science Lectures
Oxford University