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Registration

What is a vocal register?

A range of tones in the human voice produced by a particular vibratory pattern of the
vocal folds
Pulse/Creak/Fry/Strohbass
Vocal folds are very short, but
Air comes through in little pops of air
Used for lowest notes or sometimes for effect
Chest/Modal/Heavy Mechanism
Vocal folds are short and taut
Air comes through in broad, wavelike action
Used in mid to low range singing
Head/Loft/Light Mechanism/Falsetto
Vocal folds are stretched long, thin, and taut
Air comes through in quick, short waves
Used in mid to high range singing
Whistle/Flageolet/Flute
Vocal folds are stretched long thin and taut
Only the back of the vocal folds vibrate, making the highest pitches more acceptable
Used for highest range singing
So… what’s going on
Cricothyroid stretches
Thyroarytenoid contracts
But… What about mix
A description of any range of balances in tension between CT and TA