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Glottal Opera: vocal chords on video

David Pescovitz at 11:56 am Fri, Nov 6, 2009

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This is the Glottal Opera, featuring the vocal chords of the band Kaya: Sally Stevens, Alexi Kaye, Emma Deans and Juleiaah Boehm. John Fink directed the video and Deborah Szapiro was producer. (Thanks, Dean Putney!)

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  • Mel Blanc's vocal cords - Boing Boing

David Pescovitz is Boing Boing's co-editor/managing partner. He's also a research director at Institute for the Future. On Instagram, he's @pesco.

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  • Anonymous

    How very interesting! I’ve never seen anything like this- it sure gives me a different perspective of what’s happening inside my throat when I sing. Thanks for the post!

  • japolo

    welp, that’s simultaneously creative and utterly nightmarish.

  • GoDownMoses

    Throatse

  • technogeek

    Whelp, I suppose having mentioned the cervical shots one also has to consider the other end of the body…

    The thing I find surprising is that there isn’t more visible evidence of pitch shifting. Makes sense, I suppose, since that’s more a matter of tension than position, but still…

    Quote out of context: “Whew! Dr. Mazoola has a lot inside him!” — Little Frieda, _Fourth_Tower_Of_Inverness_, ZBS Foundation

  • Doug Nelson

    Sorry, but that made me laugh. It looks so much like the Predator chorus.

  • Anonymous

    Unicorn Chaser please!

  • slida

    Wow. That was freaky. :)