Extended voice (10 Sep)

Voice background

Voice is unlike instruments in a lot of ways
- each voice is a person, and therefore different from all others, making it hard to generalize
- voices are flexible in pitch (like orchestral strings)
- voices can be taxed more easily than other instruments
There are many different voice types and subtypes, but the main differences are in tone.
- different women and different men are likely to only have a few notes of difference on the ends
Always remember: Bel canto is the true extended technique!
Technical elements of singing:
- vocal cords (vocalization)
  - control pitch and volume
- mouth, tongue, teeth, lips
  - control formant (vowel) and percussive sounds (consonants)
  - can be used without vocalizing
Registers
- chest (normal)
- head (higher, trained)
- may be other registers
- passaggio (few notes between registers, more taxing than a single register)

Microtones
- Penderecki: Stabat Mater
- Joel Puckett: opening passages of I Enter the Earth
Speaking (rhythmic or not)
- Kate Soper: Only The Words Themselves Mean What They Say
Sprechstimme: speech-voice, Sprechgesang: speech-sing
- Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire
Vocal fry
- very slow flaps of the vocal cords
Pop singing (not that extended, I suppose)
- Corey Dargel: On This Date Every Year
- William Britelle: Mohair Time Warp
Multiphonic singing
- Overtone singing
  - Anna-Maria Hefele: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=32&v=vC9Qh709gas
- Subtone singing
  - Ken Ueno: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEAsR4s42BE
Yodeling
Screamo
Vocal percussion, clicks, pops (not usually involving vocal cords)
- Berio: Sequenza III
Lots of things
- Caroline Shaw: Partita for 8 Voices