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Confidence through pitch

Confidence through pitch

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Confidence through pitch

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- Pitch is the relative highness or lowness of someone's voice, and how they move within that range. Now, you can think of your vocal chords like a rubber band. The shorter and looser, the bigger the vibrations and the lower it sounds. (rubber band twanging) As you stretch the vocal chords, they tighten and they vibrate faster and you get a higher sound. (rubber band twanging) There are four basic pitch ranges for most people. The first level is zero, which we call creaky voice. That sounds like this. You can hear what I'm saying, but I'm not projecting much sound, and it would be a challenge to listen to me for a long period of time. There are some languages where creaky voice actually changes the meaning of a specific word. Now, above level zero is level one. Also known as your chest voice, where many people feel naturally inclined to speak. It's called the chest voice, because you can actually feel…

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