voice as an instrument

As an instrument, the human speaking voice produces a wide variety of pitches, offers complex tonality, and has percussive capacity. By subtly shifting the pitch or rhythm of words in a sentence, a storyteller can dramatically change the communication and convey multilevel nuances.

: musical sound produced by the vocal folds and resonated by the cavities of head and throat. (2) : the power or ability to produce musical tones.

Vocal elements (correspond to the string instrument). They are the elements responsible for producing the voice. Strictly, the voice is generated at a single point in the larynx: the vocal cords.

noun. the sound or sounds uttered through the mouth of living creatures, especially of human beings in speaking, shouting, singing, etc. the faculty or power of uttering sounds through the mouth by the controlled expulsion of air; speech: to lose one's voice.

The human voice is therefore one of the most important musical instruments to discuss, both from a historical and cultural standpoint.

The human voice can be thought of as the ultimate melodic instrument, because it is capable of instant expression with no instrument required to translate thoughts and feelings into sound. The voice is capable of a huge variety and depth of expressions. With the human voice, thought almost equals sound.

/ (vɔɪs) / noun. the sound made by the vibration of the vocal cords, esp when modified by the resonant effect of the tongue and mouth: See also speech Related adjective: vocal.

Singing, the vocal production of musical tones, is so basic to man its origins are long lost in antiquity and predate the development of spoken language. The voice is presumed to be the original musical instrument, and there is no human culture, no matter how remote or isolated, that does not sing.

Voluntary Organisation in Interest of Consumer Education (VOICE) is a consumer protection group set up by teachers and students of Delhi University in 1983.

Nonvocal musical instruments like the oboe, cello, and violin, have been described as resembling the human voice.

Voices are important things for humans. They are the medium through which we do a lot of communicating with the outside world: our ideas, of course, and also our emotions and our personality. The voice is the very emblem of the speaker, indelibly woven into the fabric of speech.

Voice refers to the form of a verb that indicates when a subject acts or is the receiver of the action. When the subject performs the action it is active voice and when the subject receives the action it is passive voice.