Andrew Barnes
BLACK HISTORY MONTH Black History Month is finally here! Each year we have the opportunity to reflect on the honorable deeds, contributions, talents, and discoveries of trailblazers that inspired us…
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Andrew Barnes
Well Friends, it's that time again... It's my Birthday! I Thank God for another blessed year of His grace and favor. Also, I appreciate all the well wishes from LinkedIN…
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Andrew Barnes
All children are considered trebles, with the same approximate range as a soprano. It isn’t until puberty that both girls and boys experience a lengthening and thickening of vocal folds…
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Andrew Barnes
An entirely different sort of vocal manipulation, yodeling, is a fast alternation between low notes and falsetto.Whether throat singing, yodeling or just plain speaking, there are more baritones among males…
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Andrew Barnes
Tuva, as one might expect, is where Tuvan throat singing, or Khöömei, originated. The nomadic people of this small corner of Siberia prize multiple pitches in their music rather than single,…
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Andrew Barnes
Conversational voice is about 60 decibels, but the loudest human voice, according to Guinness World Records, belongs to teaching assistant Jill Drake of Kent, England. Her scream of 129 dBA was…
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Andrew Barnes
Researchers at the National Center for Voice and Speech theorize that singing is a more right-hemisphere brain function, while speaking is more left-hemisphere dominant. This dichotomy is why some victims…
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Andrew Barnes
For decades, scientists thought a key element of generating voice was the Bernoulli effect, the same change in relative air pressure that allows airplanes to fly and curveballs to befuddle…
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