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In musical terms, what properties are varied by the human voice to produce different words / syllables?

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Why, for example, does the word "hello" sound completely different to the word "goodbye", or the letter "a" from the letter "b"?

I know it can't be pitch, because all of these words and syllables can be spoken at the same pitch and still sound distinct, and changing the lyrics of a song does not change the pitch.

What musical property is it then that makes words sound different from each other?

theory voice

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Why, for example, does the word "hello" sound completely different to the word "goodbye", or the letter "a" from the letter "b"?

I know it can't be pitch, because all of these words and syllables can be spoken at the same pitch and still sound distinct, and changing the lyrics of a song does not change the pitch.

What musical property is it then that makes words sound different from each other?

theory voice

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  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timbre
  
  – Your Uncle Bob
  1 hour ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

Why, for example, does the word "hello" sound completely different to the word "goodbye", or the letter "a" from the letter "b"?

I know it can't be pitch, because all of these words and syllables can be spoken at the same pitch and still sound distinct, and changing the lyrics of a song does not change the pitch.

What musical property is it then that makes words sound different from each other?

theory voice

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I think you might be best served by linguistics, specifically phonetics.

Pitch is sort of an element, but specific pitch isn't the concern. Instead, some vocal sounds are "voiced" meaning the vocal chords vibrate (producing pitches.) For example, the f in 'fan is not voiced, but when voiced it becomes v like 'van.'

How vowel and consonant sounds are produced is understood in linguistics as a matter of vocal anatomy of the tongue, palette, etc. and described with terms like fricative, labial, etc. There is a complex mapping of the inside of the mouth in linguistics.

You could describe the actions of the voice with acoustics with terms like amplitutde, wave form, etc. But, linguistics actually has a whole branch devoted to the study of vocal sounds.

By the way, in voice training these topics are called diction.

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It's a combination of a few things. Every consonant sounds different due to the way we physically make the sound with our mouths ("ess" versus "eff"), but every vowel is different purely based on timbre. This timbre shift is caused by the shape of the mouth, I believe.

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I think you might be best served by linguistics, specifically phonetics.

Pitch is sort of an element, but specific pitch isn't the concern. Instead, some vocal sounds are "voiced" meaning the vocal chords vibrate (producing pitches.) For example, the f in 'fan is not voiced, but when voiced it becomes v like 'van.'

How vowel and consonant sounds are produced is understood in linguistics as a matter of vocal anatomy of the tongue, palette, etc. and described with terms like fricative, labial, etc. There is a complex mapping of the inside of the mouth in linguistics.

You could describe the actions of the voice with acoustics with terms like amplitutde, wave form, etc. But, linguistics actually has a whole branch devoted to the study of vocal sounds.

By the way, in voice training these topics are called diction.

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edited 45 mins ago

answered 56 mins ago

Michael CurtisMichael Curtis

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• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Phoenix + phonetics = phoenetics! :-) ...I corrected my typo, thanks!
  
  – Michael Curtis
  49 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Found another of my own typos: 'best server' instead of 'best served' ...can you tell I work in computer support?
  
  – Michael Curtis
  45 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

2

I think you might be best served by linguistics, specifically phonetics.

Pitch is sort of an element, but specific pitch isn't the concern. Instead, some vocal sounds are "voiced" meaning the vocal chords vibrate (producing pitches.) For example, the f in 'fan is not voiced, but when voiced it becomes v like 'van.'

How vowel and consonant sounds are produced is understood in linguistics as a matter of vocal anatomy of the tongue, palette, etc. and described with terms like fricative, labial, etc. There is a complex mapping of the inside of the mouth in linguistics.

You could describe the actions of the voice with acoustics with terms like amplitutde, wave form, etc. But, linguistics actually has a whole branch devoted to the study of vocal sounds.

By the way, in voice training these topics are called diction.

share|improve this answer

edited 45 mins ago

answered 56 mins ago

Michael CurtisMichael Curtis

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• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Phoenix + phonetics = phoenetics! :-) ...I corrected my typo, thanks!
  
  – Michael Curtis
  49 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Found another of my own typos: 'best server' instead of 'best served' ...can you tell I work in computer support?
  
  – Michael Curtis
  45 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

I think you might be best served by linguistics, specifically phonetics.

Pitch is sort of an element, but specific pitch isn't the concern. Instead, some vocal sounds are "voiced" meaning the vocal chords vibrate (producing pitches.) For example, the f in 'fan is not voiced, but when voiced it becomes v like 'van.'

How vowel and consonant sounds are produced is understood in linguistics as a matter of vocal anatomy of the tongue, palette, etc. and described with terms like fricative, labial, etc. There is a complex mapping of the inside of the mouth in linguistics.

You could describe the actions of the voice with acoustics with terms like amplitutde, wave form, etc. But, linguistics actually has a whole branch devoted to the study of vocal sounds.

By the way, in voice training these topics are called diction.

share|improve this answer

edited 45 mins ago

answered 56 mins ago

Michael CurtisMichael Curtis

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answered 56 mins ago

Michael CurtisMichael Curtis

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answered 56 mins ago

Michael CurtisMichael Curtis

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answered 56 mins ago

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It's a combination of a few things. Every consonant sounds different due to the way we physically make the sound with our mouths ("ess" versus "eff"), but every vowel is different purely based on timbre. This timbre shift is caused by the shape of the mouth, I believe.

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It's a combination of a few things. Every consonant sounds different due to the way we physically make the sound with our mouths ("ess" versus "eff"), but every vowel is different purely based on timbre. This timbre shift is caused by the shape of the mouth, I believe.

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answered 1 hour ago

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It's a combination of a few things. Every consonant sounds different due to the way we physically make the sound with our mouths ("ess" versus "eff"), but every vowel is different purely based on timbre. This timbre shift is caused by the shape of the mouth, I believe.

share|improve this answer

answered 1 hour ago

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answered 1 hour ago

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answered 1 hour ago

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answered 1 hour ago

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