What’s a squillo, and why do opera singers need it? Ming Luke
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An orchestra fills an opera house with music, but a singer’s voice soars above the instruments. Its melody rings out across thousands of patrons— all without any assistance from a microphone. How is it possible that a single voice can be heard so clearly? The answer lies in the physics of the human voice. Ming Luke explains the carefully honed technique of an expert opera singer.
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Meet The Creators
- Director Franz Palomares
- Educator Ming Luke
- Narrator Addison Anderson
- Sound Designer Weston Fonger, Eleanor Nelsen
- Director of Production Gerta Xhelo
- Editorial Producer Alex Rosenthal
- Producer Bethany Cutmore-Scott
- Associate Editorial Producer Dan Kwartler
- Singer Ellen Leslie
- Fact-Checker Joseph Isaac
- Special Thanks Jenny Hunt
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Why is it important to explore the connections between music and science?
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William Reeder
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Certain musical elements, such as acoustics, can be studied and optimized using scientific principles. If you were to build a performance space for acoustic music, you would need to understand the principles of soundwaves in order to know how to design a space that will allow them to resonate.
Nora Sterner
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I agree, because studying music from a scientific point of view can help you figure out the best way to do something. HOW to sing this note and make it embody the way your character or song is meant to be.
sirenna lee
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Music is also based in science: sound is produced with something vibrates – and those vibrations are brought to the ear as sound waves.
Griffin Moore
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Because in a way music is a type of science of itself, the way that many different notes, beats, and rhythms are coordinated in a way that are like scientific equations and we experiment with those equations by playing different instruments
Minwook Kim
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It's because you know a lot of science, their would be a lot of advantage for music such as people will need to know about sound wave if they are designing the stage.
Mintnon Nontawan
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The science can help to drive the quality and creativity the type of music
Jacob Blake
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The important connections between Music and Science are closely related,both use creative thinking and math.
Maria Bocharova
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To rich the best understanding how exactly the music performances work.
Sarah Adams
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to know the anatomy of a voice
Miyabi Sato
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because science has a hint to create new comfortable sounds. people can know what kind of sounds people will happy, sad, or angry. it will be a good assistant for many jobs
