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The Acoustics of the Singing Voice

The voice organ is an instrument consisting of a power supply (the lungs), an oscillator (the vocal folds) and a resonator (the larynx, pharynx and mouth), Singers adjust the resonator in special ways

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 236 Issue 3This article was originally published with the title “The Acoustics of the Singing Voice” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 236 No. 3 (), p. 82
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0377-82