Vocal artist Bobby McFerrin is famous for his instrumental emulation.

The album won a Grammy in 2000 ; as an indicator of how difficult it is to classify Waits's music, he was nominated simultaneously for Best Contemporary Folk Album ( which he won ) and Best Male Rock Vocal Performance ( for the song " Hold On "), both different from the genre for which he won his previous Grammy.

Tours is home to François Rabelais University, the site of one of the most important choral competitions, called Florilège Vocal de Tours International Choir Competition, and is a member city of the European Grand Prix for Choral Singing.

Vocal loading is the stress inflicted on the speech organs when speaking for long periods.

Vocal fold structure in adults is quite different from that in newborns.

Vocal fold scar is one of the most challenging problems for otolaryngologists because it ’ s hard to be diagnosed at germinal stage and the function necessity of VF is delicate.

Vocal resonation is the process by which the basic product of phonation is enhanced in timbre and / or intensity by the air-filled cavities through which it passes on its way to the outside air.

* Vocal cord paresis is weakness of one or both vocal folds that can greatly impact daily life.

's-Hertogenbosch is home to a variety of events such as the theatre festival Boulevard, Jazz in Duketown, and hip hop in duketown, the start of the Tour de France ( 1996 ), Tour Feminine ( 1997 ), the International Vocal Competition, November Music ( a contemporary music festival ) and the UNICEF Open ( formerly the Ordina Open ) grass court tennis tournament ( in the nearby town of Rosmalen ).

Vocal music of the renaissance is almost never sung with vibrato as a rule, and it seems unlikely it ever was.

Several characters are based on real country music figures: Henry Gibson's Haven Hamilton is a composite of Roy Acuff, Hank Snow, and Porter Wagoner ; Ronee Blakely's Barbara Jean is based on Loretta Lynn ; the black country singer Tommy Brown ( played by Timothy Brown ) is based on Charley Pride ; and the feuding folk trio is based on Peter, Paul and Mary ; within the trio, the married couple of Bill and Mary were inspired by Bill Danoff and Taffy Nivert, who later became Starland Vocal Band .< ref >

Vocal music is a genre of music performed by one or more singers, with or without instrumental accompaniment, in which singing ( i. e. vocal performance ) provides the main focus of the piece.

Vocal music is probably the oldest form of music, since it does not require any instrument besides the human voice.

* The Wizards are the Primitive Natural Talent, who make the magic instinctively but are unable to learn spells from a book or to enchant magic items, and the Shaman, Medium, Dance and Vocal Trance which Drug learn magic by a spiritual guide, contacted in a trance, which is induced by an altered state due to the concentration of the magician, the absorption of drugs or the use of sacred songs, or else a mixture of all this.

Vocal incidental music, which is included in the classical scores mentioned above, should never be confused with the score of a Broadway or film musical, in which the songs often reveal character and further the storyline.

Vocal resonation is the process by which the basic product of phonation is enhanced in timbre and / or intensity by the air-filled cavities through which it passes on its way to the outside air.

Vocal pedagogy is the study of the teaching of singing.

Vocal problems are often a result of a breakdown in one part of this coordinated process which causes voice teachers to frequently focus in intensively on one area of the process with their student until that issue is resolved.

** Vocal misuse

Vocal fold injuries can be caused by a variety of factors: chronic overuse of vocal, chemical, thermal and mechanical trauma such as over-smoking, laryngeal cancer and surgical operation.

Vocal registration refers to the system of vocal registers within the human voice.

Vocal cords ( Vocal folds )-muscularized folds of mucous membrane that extend from the larynx ( voice box ) wall.

Vocal tremor-trembling or shaking of one or more of the muscles of the larynx, resulting in an unsteady-sounding voice.

Vocal coach Katie Agresta helped Lauper regain her voice by teaching her proper vocal exercises.

Vocal registration refers to the system of vocal registers within the human voice.

** Vocal health and voice disorders related to singing

Vocal exercises have several purposes, including warming up the voice ; extending the vocal range ; " lining up " the voice horizontally and vertically ; and acquiring vocal techniques such as legato, staccato, control of dynamics, rapid figurations, learning to sing wide intervals comfortably, singing trills, singing melismas and correcting vocal faults.

Vocal music is probably the oldest form of music, since it does not require any instrument besides the human voice.

Vocal professionals may also require surgery as the minimal steps do not improve the voice quality enough to allow continued performance with the voice.

Vocal range is the measure of the breadth of pitches that a human voice can phonate.

Vocal range plays such an important role in classifying singing voices into voice types that sometimes the two terms are confused with one another.

Vocal range itself can not determine a singer's voice type.

* Frank Welker as Special Vocal Effects ( voice )

Final Fantasy X Vocal Collection is a collection of vocal arrangements of songs from the game arranged by Katsumi Suyama along with radio drama tracks, performed by the game's characters ' voice actors in Japanese.

The " Current Conditions " and " Extended Forecast " segments are now automatically narrated to the viewer using Jackson's voice, a feature called " Vocal Local " ( as mentioned above ) that has been present starting with the Weather Star XL and continuing with the later Intellistar systems.

Vocal weight refers to the perceived " lightness " or " heaviness " of a singing voice.

3 ) Vocal Variety / Contrast: Does the voice show variations in rate, speed mood?

Groups such as Vocal Sampling and Undivided emulate Latin rhythms a cappella.

Vocal political dissent came mainly from the Creoles, who had a sizeable middle and upper class of business-people and European-educated professionals such as doctors and lawyers.

Vocal pedagogists teach that a singer can only achieve this goal when all of the physical processes involved in singing ( such as laryngeal action, breath support, resonance adjustment, and articulatory movement ) are effectively working together.

Vocal parameters and prosody features such as pitch variables and speech rate are analyzed through pattern recognition.

Several world-renowned troupes perform Bulgarian folk music, such as the State Ensemble for Folk Songs and Dances, led by Philip Koutev ( 1903-1982 ), and the Bulgarian State Television Female Vocal Choir, famous for the series of songs entitled Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares.

* Vocal music, either as part of a ceremony such as a wedding ( mainly performed by women ), or as part of a feast.

Vocal traditions in Madagascar are most often polyharmonic ; southern vocal styles bear strong resemblance to South African singing ( as exemplified by groups such as Salala or Senge ), whereas Highland harmonies, strongly influenced in the past two hundred years by European church music, are more reminiscent of Hawaiian or other Polynesian vocal traditions.

Among participants of the 2011 Festival, there were such artists, as Folk Ensemble Mozyrzanka from Mozyr, Children and Youth Band Tęcza from Minsk, Folk Band Kresowianka from Ivyanets, Polish Academic Choir Zgoda from Brest, Instrumental Band Biedronki from Minsk, Vocal Duo Wspólna wędrówka from Minsk, Children's Polonia Ensemble Dolinianka from Stara Huta ( Ukraine ), Ensemble Fujareczka from Sambir, Ensemble Boryslawiacy from Boryslav, Ensemble Niebo do Wynajecia from Stralhivci ( Ukraine ), Polish Dance and Song Ensemble Wilenka from Vilnius, Dance and Song Band Troczenie from Trakai, Band Wesołe Wilno from Vilnius, Song and Dance Ensemble Kotwica from Kaunas, and Folk and Polish Folklore Dance and Song Ensemble Syberyjski Krakowiak from Abakan in Siberia.

Vocal arrangements were initially rare in New Age music but as it has evolved vocals have become more common, especially vocals featuring Native American, Sanskrit, or Tibetan influenced chants, or lyrics based on mythology such as Celtic legends or the realm of Faerie.

Suffield ’ s Performing Art Center also presents many performances for their community throughout the year, such as a Fall Arts Festival, Winter Musical, Spring Play, Guitar Show, Dance Concert, and Vocal and Instrumental Concerts.

Artists such as Amy Grant, Michael W. Smith, Rich Mullins, Russ and Tori Taff, Paul Smith, The Imperials, Petra, Sandi Patti, Kenny Marks, Wayne Watson, Carman, The Archers featuring Steve Archer, White Heart, Gaither Vocal Band, Bill Gaither Trio, Point of Grace, Love Song, Sweet Comfort Band, The Nelons, Happy Goodman Family featuring Rusty Goodman, Florida Boys, Guardian and other artists.

Most subsequent counterpoint textbooks have taken Fux as their starting point, from the book by Albrechtsberger ( Gründliche Anweisung zur Komposition ) to 20th century examples such as the book by Knud Jeppesen ( Counterpoint: The Polyphonic Vocal Style of the Sixteenth Century ).

Vocal trance remains moderately popular in the United States and compilations such as Ministry of Sound reach Gold and Platinum status.

Vocal trance artists, such as Nadia Ali and Ian Van Dahl, have charted albums and singles on such American charts as the Top Electronic Albums, Hot Dance Airplay and Hot Dance Singles Sales charts.

Several finalists have since gained attention and enjoyed moderate success in other noticeable talent competitions, such as Tan Zhi Yi ( Solo Vocal finalist in 2004 and winner in 2005 ) in One Million Star 超級星光大道, and Paul Twohill ( Vocalist of Rock Band, Ecnerret, winner in 2004 and finalist in 2005 ) in Singapore Idol Season 2.

The quality of such albums has recently improved markedly, due to an increased focus on elaborate multi-track recording and the emergence of professional a cappella production specialists, such as Gabe Mann in Los Angeles, Bill Hare and Deke Sharon in San Francisco, Jeff Thacher and Ed Boyer in New York, Liquid 5th Productions ( based in North Carolina with branches across the country ), Freddie Feldman in Chicago, Ryan Wert in the Michigan area, Dave Sperandio with Diovoce and Mark Hines along with Nick Lyons in The Vocal Company in the southeast, Prem Midha and Steve Ryan in Atlanta, James Gammon in Charlottesville, Virginia, Danny Ozment with Emerald City Productions in Washington, DC, and John Clark in Boston.

The Vocal Master was at one time the official on-tour sound system for performing acts such as the 5th Dimension and The Carpenters among others.