VOCAL SELF-PERCEPTION OF PROFESSIONAL SINGERS

In order to sing, one uses the same structures used in the spoken voice, but with adjustments that are necessary to musical interpretation. In singing, breathing is trained and is faster than the breathing in speech, with predetermined cycles according to the musical phrases. In singing a greater volume o fair is used, that must be controlled on its way out, as the thorax walls move. The vibration cycles of the vocal folds have a higher closing than opening coefficient, which provides the singer with longer lasting time and a sound that is richer in harmonics. During singing, the larynx tends to remain in a lower and more stable position, even in notes with higher frequencies. The singer’s resonance is usually high, concentrated in the upper part of the voca