Everybody sings! The how and the wow of your voice

Brains On! Science podcast for kids

American Public Media

Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.4 • 13.5K Ratings

🗓️ 23 July 2024

⏱️ 31 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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0:00.0	You're listening to Brainson, where we're serious about being curious.
0:04.0	Brainson is supported in part by a grant from the National Science Foundation.
0:12.0	Hello friends, I'm Carmelina Terracotta.
0:16.0	You know the famous opera singer.
0:19.0	You've probably read about me in Oh, Solameo Monthly Monthly or perhaps in the Puccini Papers. I'm so flattered
0:27.6	that the wonderful people at Brainson have invited me to headquarters to perform a few of my favorite pieces of music.
0:37.2	But first I just need to do the warm-up exercises I learned in opera school.
0:42.8	They're very serious, you know, and dignified,
0:44.6	and not silly at all.
0:46.4	Mm-mm-mm-me-me-me-me-me-be.
0:50.1	B
0:40.8	Brie-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-Bru
0:41.3	- Why washingon's white woolen underwear unwashed?
0:55.0	Washington's white woolen underwear unwashed?
0:58.0	Washington's underwear washer went wobbly.
1:01.0	Meeh, heh, It was a wobbly. Mee, eh, a-a-a-a-a.
1:11.0	Billy Bob barely blabbered X stage, 20, Ex stage, but 20 Blabberd, Billy Bob Blabbered
1:15.6	boldly. Me, me, me, me, my mother met many mammoths in Montana.
1:22.2	Many men. mother met many mammoths in Montana.
1:24.0	Many mammoths in Montana.
1:29.0	Montana.
1:32.0	Oh, excuse me.
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