Singing: the how and the wow of voices

Brains On! Science podcast for kids

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Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.4 • 13.5K Ratings

🗓️ 23 July 2024

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Whether you hum in the shower or yodel on stage, you can make music with your voice! But what’s going on inside of your body when you do it? And are there ways to change how your voice sounds?

Molly and co-host Kate will explore these questions and more in this episode all about singing. They’ll join Marc to watch a famous opera star do her thing and learn about what happens in our bodies when we sing. They’ll hear samples of everything from throat singing to rock and roll. Plus they'll chat with voice teacher and opera singer Mikalia Bradberry about all the ways we can learn to control our voice and sing in different styles – from Broadway belting to crooning like Taylor Swift. Plus, a noteworthy mystery sound!

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0:40.5	You're listening to Brains-On, where we're serious about being curious.
0:45.2	Brains-on is supported in part by a grant from the National Science Foundation.
0:53.1	Hello, friends. I'm Carmelina Terracotta. You know, the famous opera singer. You've probably
1:00.6	read about me in O'Solomeo Monthly, or perhaps in the Puccini Papers. I'm so flattered that the
1:08.5	wonderful people at Brains- On have invited me to headquarters
1:12.3	to perform a few of my favorite pieces of music.
1:17.6	But first, I just need to do the warm-up exercises I learned in upper school.
1:23.3	They're very serious, you know, and dignified and not silly at all.
1:29.0	Me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me.
1:34.5	Why was Washington's white woolen underwear unwashed?
1:39.2	Washington's underwear washer went wobbly.
1:41.5	Me, hey, ah. where washer went wobbly. Me
1:45.0	Hey
1:47.0	Ah
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