Where does my voice come from?
As professional or amateur voice users, it is important to understand how the voice is created. The tricky part of voice production is: the muscles and organs used to speak/sing are not visible to the naked eye, making it hard for us to understand what actually is happening inside our body when we speak. What many don't know is there are three systems that work together to create our voice: 1. Respiratory System , or what I call “breath support”, contains: the lungs, ribcage, chest muscles, diaphragm, and the windpipe. 2. Phonatory System , or what I call "voice box" or larynx, where sound is produced, contains, specifically, the vocal cords/folds which are technically located within the larynx. 3. Resonance System , or what I call “vocal tract”, contains: the throat, mouth, sinuses and the nasal passages. System 1: "Breath Support" As mentioned above, the breath support comes from our respiratory system. To make it simple, we produce sound through ou...