Pitch Range produced by Vocal Cords (IMAGE)

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Pitch Range produced by Vocal Cords

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Vocal cords are able to produce a wide range of sound frequencies because of the larynx's ability to stretch vocal cords and the cords' molecular composition -- according to a new paper published in PLOS Computational Biology.

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Illustration by Lisa A. Clark, MA, CMI, based on original art concept by Kanako Omichi and Tobias Riede.

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Copyright 2016 Ingo R. Titze, Tobias Riede, and Ted Mau.

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