Understanding Vocal

A. Understanding Vocal
     Vocal derived from the Latin word meaning talks of vocalists or voice.
     In phonetics, a vowel is a sound in spoken language and can characterize khaskan
     the vocal cords open, so there is no air pressure above the glottis collected,
     while vowel consonants are in contrast with the closure of the cirikhaskan
     or more points of articulation along the cavity noise.
     A vowel can be viewed as silabik, an open sound similar to the vocals,
     but not silabik or also called semivokal.

As for some other vocal definitions are:

   1. Vocal below: vocals are produced with the tongue at the bottom of the mouth.
   2. Back vowels: vowels are produced with the tongue is pulled towards the back of the oral cavity.
   3. Open vowels: vowels produced with the tongue in a position somewhat low.
   4. Front vowel: vowel yan generated by moving the tongue towards the palate the mouth.
   5. Vocal inhibition: the vowel in a closed syllable.
   6. Vocal Paving: is produced by the vocal lips wide.
   7. Cardinal vowels: vowels are characterized by a specific articulation, is useful as a basis for comparison of the vowels a language diantaa languages.
   8. Nasal vowels: vowels are articulated with air from the nose and mouth.
   9. Vocal slack: is articulated with the vocal muscles rather slack.
  10. Oral vowels: vowels are articulated with vellum closed.
  11. Long vowels: vowels are articulated with characteristic tense.
  12. Short vowels: is the usual slack vocals.
  13. Central vowel: vowel is produced with the tongue positioned in front and not behind.
  14. Vocal narrow: vowel articulated with mouth open and tongue slightly in the position in front or behind.
  15. Vocal half open: vocals are articulated with the tongue in a position to medium low.
  16. Vocal half closed: is a vowel articulated with the tongue in the position of medium height.
  17. Voiceless vowels: vowels produced deengan voice channel in the vocal position and let the air flow and result in aspiration before the vocal cords vibrate.
  18. Tense vowel: vowels are produced with a strained muscle.
  19. Vocal middle: vowel is produced with the tongue in a position not low and not high.
  20. Vocal ternasal: containing nasal vocals are a secondary characteristic.
  21. Vowel height: is the sound produced by the tongue is located high in the oral cavity.

B. Vocal Technique
     How to produce sound that is good and right, so it came out sounding clear,
     beautiful, melodious, and sonorous.

    The Elements of Vocal Engineering are:

   1. Articulation, is word for word pronunciation is good and clear.
   2. Breathing is an attempt to breathe as much as possible, and then stored and released slowly as necessary.
   3. Breathing techniques in the three types, namely: a. Respiratory Chest: suitable for low tones, singer lelah.b easy. Abdominal breathing: air quickly depleted, less suitable for use in singing, because it will quickly lelah.c. Diaphragm breathing: breathing is the most suitable for singing, because the air that used to be easy to set up use, has the power and stability of a good vocal.
   4. Phrasering are: rule beheading sentence properly so it is easy to understand and in accordance with the applicable rules.
   5. Attitude Agency: is the position of the body when someone is singing, can while sitting or standing, which is important not to be disturbed respiratory tract.
   6. Resonance is: an attempt to beautify mefungsikan sound with air cavities that also vibrate / vibrate around the mouth and throat.
   7. Vibrato is: Efforts to beautify a song in a way memberigelombang / vibrating sound basis, usually applied in each end of a sentence song.
   8. Improvisation is an attempt to beautify the song by changing / adding most melodic songs with a professional, without changing the principal melody.
   9. Intonation is high or low a tone that must be reached exactly.

     Terms formation Intonation is good:

   1. Good hearing
   2. Respiratory control
   3. Musical taste.