The Larynx

 Focusing on my singing this semester I researched the anatomy of singing, to give me a brief understanding of how the voice works, firstly I looked at the Larynx. Singing is sound, coming from your larynx (voicebox), to a tune or spoken orally; membranes in the Larynx known as vocal chords (voicefolds) snap open and closed, if they snap gently a softly spoken tone is heard, if they snap forcefully a harsh loud tone is heard, the quicker these membranes snap open and closed the higher pitched your voice tone becomes- contrasting slower becoming a lower pitched tone, singing uses more parts of the body than just the voicebox (larynx)to create sound the lungs, abdomen, rib cage, back muscles are  all used in technicality. To sing firstly you take a breath which gradually pumps out little gusts of air through the song, when you are running out of breath the larynx is closing, ready to take another breath (Vocal Anatomy).