The term for the vocal cords getting pulled together when you sing high up in your vocal range.

A staggered scale, going up and down in small jumps, most commonly on the 1st, 3rd, 5th and eighth note of a straight octave.

A slow tempo sentimental or romantic popular song.

An apparatus for producing a strong current of air, as for sounding a pipe organ or increasing the draft to a fire, consisting of a flexible, valved air chamber that is contracted and expanded by pumping to force the air through a nozzle, i.e. an accordion.

The round shape at the back of the mouth.

Everything balanced, working as one. Getting the greatest amount of power from your voice, using the least amount of effort.

The resonance centers in the chest.

The lower range of the voice in singing or speaking. Also called the chest voice register. Achieved by using resonance and voice placement.

The vital life force of the body.

A speech sound that is not a vowel, formed with either the tongue or lips, i.e. t, d, b, k, l, etc.

Saying or singing the words of the song with purely the tongue, not using the jaw or lips.

The diaphragm is a huge muscle ( a muscular membranous tissue ), connected to either side of the front, back and ribs (i.e. through the center of the whole body) and going up the ribs to just under the heart and lungs. When you breathe in, the diaphragm contracts and moves downward, the lungs expanding as air moves into them. The diaphragm relaxes and moves upward as air is expelled from the lungs.

A speech sound or glide that begins with one vowel and gradually changes to another vowel within the same syllable, as (oi) in boil or (ī) in fine.

The ability of the body, through repeated action, to learn a new way of doing something.

To be under the correct pitch, i.e. not quite in tune.

Oversinging, i.e. tensing up and straining the vocal cords.

A class or category of artistic endeavor having a particular form, content, technique, or the like: the genre of epic poetry; the genre of symphonic music.

Image of the floating note at the back of the mouth.

The round shape at the back of the mouth.

Feeling the connection of the body, especially the feet, to the floor, i.e. ground.

The relatively hard, bony anterior portion of the palate, i.e. at the front of the roof of the mouth.

The resonance centers in the head.

The higher range of the voice in singing or speaking, including the falsetto. Also called the head voice register. Achieved by using resonance and voice placement.

The relation of one note to another and the relative pitching of each note, i.e. in tune or not in tune.

A music entertainment system providing prerecorded accompaniment to popular songs that a performer sings live, usually by following the words on a video screen.

The specialized upper portion of the trachea that contains the vocal cords.

A band of tissue that connects various bones or cartilage.

A diatonic scale with notes separated by whole tones except for the 3rd and 4th and 7th and 8th.

The area around (and including) the eyes. Often used to create head resonance.

A mechanical or electrical instrument that makes repeated clicking sounds at an adjustable pace, used for marking rhythm, esp. in practicing music.

The middle range of the voice in singing or speaking. Also called the middlet voice register. Achieved by using resonance and voice placement.

The resonance at the back of the throat and neck.

A diatonic scale with notes separated by whole tones except for the 2nd and 3rd and 5th and 6th.

When the voice is focused purely around the nose and nasal area.

Exercise for Voice centering, pure note development and vowel placement.

Pure vowels sung with and nnn in front of them.

The desire to hold on the note, to protect it till the last minute. This results in the body and vocal cords tensing up, having the adverse affect, i.e. throttling the note.

The relative position of a tone within a range of musical sounds. To have perfect pitch: The ability to identify any pitch heard or produce any pitch referred to by name.

Good posture: relaxed and centered. Under the string, weight more on the balls of the feet than the heels.

A clear, sustained white note, i.e. a controlled flow of breath without vibrato. To create a true pure note, everything needs to be in balance. Placement of the note and vowel, diaphragmatic control and vocal cords energized yet relaxed.

Taking a huge breath in and then constricting the lungs, making it difficult to sing a sustained note.

Pockets of air between the skull and the flesh situated in the head (around the eyes and sinus area) and chest. They vibrate when sound passes through them, giving the voice it's color and warmth.

Term used by musicians for reverberation. Used on live gigs and when mixing a recording to give the voice color, tone and presence.

A series of notes differing in pitch according to a specific scheme (usually within an octave).

To be above the note (often a result of over-singing when you cant hear yourself properly), i.e. not quite in tune.

Making a sound like an old-fashioned war siren.

Located at the center and base of the ribs, the soft part just above the stomach. The center of diaphragmatic power, i.e. the power of the voice.

The fleshy part at the back of the roof of the mouth.

Imagine a string going through the center of the body. It starts about a foot above your body, and you are relaxed beneath it, like a marionette.

Pushing down too far on the larynx and strangling the vocal cords.

The coccyx. (a small triangular bone forming the lower extremity of the spinal column in humans, consisting of four ankylosed rudimentary vertebrae.

Taint the front, taint the back, tis between the two. The perineum.

A pulsating effect in an instrumental or vocal tone produced by slight and rapid variations in pitch.

Two folds of tissue located in the larynx that vibrate when air passes over them, producing the sound waves associated with talking and singing. Also called vocal folds.

Two folds of tissue located in the larynx that vibrate when air passes over them, producing the sound waves associated with talking and singing. Also called vocal folds. Another word for the vocal cords.

A letter representing or usually representing a vowel, as, in English, a, e, i, o, u, (the pure vowels) and sometimes w and y.