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Episode: 0206 - So what is ‘pitch’?
Description: 0206 - So what is ‘pitch’?Whether a voice is high or low in tone is determined by:·        the rate of vibration of the vocal cords as air passes over them - the more vibrations per second, the higher the pitch. And as we saw earlier, the rate of vibration is to do with:·        the length, thickness and degree of tension of the vocal folds, so slow-moving short, thick, relaxed folds make a lower pitch. Cartilage can almost imperceptibly re-adjust how the vocal folds are held. As they move backwards a...