vocal music, vocal (noun)

music intended to be performed by one or more singers, usually with instrumental accompaniment

song, vocal (adj)

a short musical composition with words

"a successful musical must have at least three good songs"

vocal (adj)

relating to or designed for or using the singing voice

"vocal technique"; "the vocal repertoire"; "organized a vocal group to sing his compositions"

vocal (adj)

having or using the power to produce speech or sound

"vocal organs"; "all vocal beings hymned their praise"

outspoken, vocal (adj)

given to expressing yourself freely or insistently

"outspoken in their opposition to segregation"; "a vocal assembly"

vocal (adj)

full of the sound of voices

"a playground vocal with the shouts and laughter of children"

vocal (Noun)

A vocal sound; specifically, a purely vocal element of speech, unmodified except by resonance; a vowel or a diphthong; a tonic element; a tonic; -- distinguished from a subvocal, and a nonvocal

vocal (Noun)

A man who has a right to vote in certain elections.

vocal (Adjective)

Of or pertaining to the voice or speech; having voice; endowed with utterance; full of voice, or voices

vocal (Adjective)

Uttered or modulated by the voice; oral; as, vocal melody; vocal prayer, vocal worship.

vocal (Adjective)

Of or pertaining to a vowel or voice sound; also, spoken with tone, intonation, and resonance; sonant; sonorous; -- said of certain articulate sounds

vocal (Adjective)

Consisting of, or characterized by, voice, or tone produced in the larynx, which may be modified, either by resonance, as in the case of the vowels, or by obstructive action, as in certain consonants, such as v, l, etc., or by both, as in the nasals , , ng; sonant; intonated; voiced. See voice, and vowel

vocal (Adjective)

Of or pertaining to a vowel; having the character of a vowel; vowel

vocal (Adjective)

loud; getting oneself heard.

Vocal

The human voice consists of sound made by a human being using the vocal tract, including talking, singing, laughing, crying, screaming, shouting, humming or yelling. The human voice frequency is specifically a part of human sound production in which the vocal folds (vocal cords) are the primary sound source. (Other sound production mechanisms produced from the same general area of the body involve the production of unvoiced consonants, clicks, whistling and whispering.) Generally speaking, the mechanism for generating the human voice can be subdivided into three parts; the lungs, the vocal folds within the larynx (voice box), and the articulators. The lungs, the "pump" must produce adequate airflow and air pressure to vibrate vocal folds. The vocal folds (vocal cords) then vibrate to use airflow from the lungs to create audible pulses that form the laryngeal sound source. The muscles of the larynx adjust the length and tension of the vocal folds to 'fine-tune' pitch and tone. The articulators (the parts of the vocal tract above the larynx consisting of tongue, palate, cheek, lips, etc.) articulate and filter the sound emanating from the larynx and to some degree can interact with the laryngeal airflow to strengthen or weaken it as a sound source. The vocal folds, in combination with the articulators, are capable of producing highly intricate arrays of sound. The tone of voice may be modulated to suggest emotions such as anger, surprise, fear, happiness or sadness. The human voice is used to express emotion, and can also reveal the age and sex of the speaker. Singers use the human voice as an instrument for creating music.