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vocal fry, also called Murmur, or Breathy Voice,
in phonetics, a speech sound or quality used in some languages, produced by vibrating vocal cords that are less tense than in normal speech, which produces local turbulence in the airstream resulting in a compromise between full voice and whisper. English speakers produce a vocal fry when suggesting ghost wails with an oo-sound. See also voice; whisper.
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use in sound production (in phonetics (linguistics): Secondary articulations)
...some sounds are produced while the vocal cords are vibrating for part of their length but are apart, so that a considerable amount of air escapes between them at one end. This phenomenon is known as breathy voice, or murmur. Other languages have sounds in which the vocal cords are held tightly together so that only part of their length can vibrate. This kind of sound, which is usually very low...
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use of vocal tract (in speech (language): The basic registers)
...the high head voice, the vibrations are felt chiefly over the skull. The practice of singing is based on several artistic subdivisions in both sexes, depending on factors as discussed below. Other vocal phenomena may be heard below and above normal register limits, such as extra low tones, the “vocal fry.”
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