Explore your instrument
Vocal Anatomy
See, hear and play the singing voice, from the breath to the ring: a 3D lab of the whole instrument, with a recorded human voice that changes as you move each part.
Free. Works in a current browser; headphones help. Nothing you sing is saved or sent.
3D lab · six chapters01
How the voice works
Follow the sound from the breath to the ring. Each chapter is a close view of the 3D figure, with sliders to change one thing at a time and hear what it does.
- Whole instrumentBreath, vocal folds and airway working together.
- BreathingRibs, diaphragm and the breath behind a phrase.
- Vocal foldsWatch them close, stretch and thicken, one muscle at a time.
- 2D studyCT and TA, the registration musclesHow the stretcher and the thickener share the work, in a 2D study.
- Tongue & jawShape a vowel with the tongue, jaw and lips.
- Palate & throatThe soft palate, the throat and the voice box.
- Resonance & ringThe resonances, the spectrum and the singer’s ring.
02
Play and practice
For every singer: play the voice like an instrument, check your own sound, and hear tension habits and their release.
03
For your voice
Topics for particular voices: how a tenor gets through the passaggio, and how a young man’s voice changes.
04
Train your ear
Hear a target sound, then match it by ear with up to three settings.
The science behind each part, with its sources, is in the lab: Science & sources.
