This Is The Most Important Instrument In The World

How voices work.
Get 26% off CuriosityStream and a free Nebula account: http://www.curiositystream.com/12tone and use promo code "12tone"

Many instruments have defined many musical movements over the years, but there’s one that’s played a pivotal role in almost every one: The human voice. The way a singer uses their voice is one of the clearest ways of shaping a musical identity. Despite its clear significance, though, or perhaps because of it, the voice is notoriously hard to analyze. There’s so many factors that it’s hard to know where to begin, but hey, let’s give it a shot.

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/12tonevideos
Merch: http://standard.tv/12tone
Discord: https://discord.gg/pq2QBEw
Mailing List: http://eepurl.com/bCTDaj
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/12tonevideos
Twitter: https://twitter.com/12tonevideos
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/12tonevideos
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/12tonevideos/
Email: 12tonevideos@gmail.com

Last: https://youtu.be/tr0BRZfIY5U
Sounds Good voice video: https://youtu.be/5RsX_a9UyCw
Adam Neely autotune video: https://youtu.be/yxX2u8iggYI

Script w/ sources: https://tinyurl.com/7wjxthuk

Huge thanks to our Elephant of the Month Club members:

Susan Jones
Jill Jones
Duck
Howard Levine
Brian Etheredge
Khristofor Saraga
Len Lanphar
Ken Arnold
Elaine Pratt
William (Bill) Boston
Chris Prentice
Jack Carlson
Christopher Lucas
Andrew Beals
Dov Zazkis
Hendrik Payer
Thomas Morley
Jacob Helwig
Davis Sprague
Alex Knauth
Braum Meakes
Hendrik Stüwe
Dan Bonelli
Kevin Boyce
Kelly Christoffersen
Scott Howarth
Luke
Warren Huart
Donal Botkin
Kevin Wilamowski
Symmetry
Grant Aldonas
Stephen Cook
Dhruv Monga
Ken Jones
Obadiah Wright
Kobalent
David Bartz
Jason Nebergall
Carlos Rendon
Aleksandar Milojković
Kylie McInnes
Daniel Reaman
Tom

And thanks as well to Henry Reich, Gabi Ghita, Gene Lushtak, Owen Campbell-Moore, Eugene Bulkin, Logan Jones, Oliver, Anna Work, Adam Neely, Rick Lees, Dave Mayer, CodenaCrow, Nikolay Semyonov, Arnas, Caroline Simpson, Michael Alan Dorman, Michael McCormick, Blake Boyd, Luke Rihn, Charles Gaskell, Ian Seymour, Trevor Sullivan, Tom Evans, Elliot Jay O’Neill, Lamadesbois, JH, David Conrad, Chris Borland, Chris Chapin, Alex Atanasyan, Elliot Burke, Tim S., Elias Simon, Todd Davidson, Jake Lizzio, Jerry D. Brown, Ohad Lutzky, Peter Leventis, James A. Thornton, Brian Dinger, Aaron Epstein, Blake White, Chris Connett, Stefan Strohmaier, Shadow Kat, Adam Wurstmann, Kelsey Freese, Kenneth Kousen, James, h2g2guy, W. Dennis Sorrell, Angela Flierman, Richard T. Anderson, Professor Elliot, Kevin Johnson, Ryan, Rodrigo "rrc2soft" Roman, Jeremy Zolner, Patrick Callier, Danny, Francois LaPlante, Volker Wegert, Joshua Gleitze, Britt Ratliff, Darzzr, Joshua La Macchia, Roming 22, Charles Hill, Alexey Fedotov, Alex Keeny, Valentin Lupachev, John Bejarano, Andrew Engel, Gary Butterfield, Peter Brinkmann, Steve Brand, Rene Miklas, Red Uncle, Doug Nottingham, Nicholas Wolf, naomio, Alex Mole, Kaisai Morihito, Robert Beach, ZagOnEm, Betsy, Tonya Custis, Dave Shapiro, Jacopo Cascioli, Mathew Wolak, S, Lincoln Mendell, CoryC, Rafael Martinez Salas, Walther, Doug Lantz, Sam Rezek, Destros, Beth Martyn, Lucas Augusto, Graeme Lewis, Jake Sand, Evan Satinsky, James Little, RaptorCat, Jigglypuffer, leftaroundabout ., Jens Schäfer, Mikely Whiplash, Austin Amberg, Aditya Baradwaj, Yuval Filmus, Francisco Rodrigues, Elizabeth, Michael Tsuk, Juan Madrigal, Jim Hayes, ThoraSTooth, Brandon Legawiec, Scott Albertine, Evgeni Kunev, Hikaru Katayamma, Alon Kellner, Rob Hardy, רועי סיני, Conor Stuart Roe, Patrick Chieppe, Eric Stark, David Haughn, Gordon Dell, Byron DeLaBarre, Matty Crocker, anemamata, Brian Miller, Lee-orr Orbach, Eric Plume, Kevin Pierce, Jon Hancock, Dragix PL, Gary Evesson, Kottolett, Dylan Vidas, Jason Peterson, Peggy Youell, EJ Hambleton, Jos Mulder, Daryl Banttari, J.T. Vandenbree, Carlos Silva, David Taylor, John Castle, Lyan Porto, Wayne Robinson, Gabriel Totusek, Brian Davis, Eric Daugherty, SecretKittehs, Mnemosyne Music, AkselA, Pamela O’Neill, Philip Miller, Sam Plotkin, David MacDonald, Nellie Speirs Baron, Charles R., Josh, Thomas Morgan, Ludwick Kennedy, The Gig Farmer, Sam, DialMForManning, Wayne Weil, Michael Wehling, darkmage, Brandon Peckham, Ridley Kemp, Mark James, James, David Peterson, Bryan C. Mills, Adam Ziegenhals, Mark Meckes, Amelia Lewis, sonicolasj, PatSandmann, Bean, A Devoted Servant of the Holy Water Bottle, Milan Brezovsky, Edmund Horner, Daria Gibbons, TJ FUNCTION, NinoDoko, XCompWiz, Michael Blaby, Kristofer Hill, William Merryman, Ryan Mayle, J Denton, M. Bock, Daniel Joseph Moynihan, William Robert Tabb, Niles Loughlin, Josh Witkowski, Clever Patreon names are a waste of perfectly good cleverness, Graham Orndorff, Michael Sacksteder, Mark Lacey, Justin St John-Brooks, Jaren Tilford, Catherine Berry, Watch Harder, Will Derr, Jason McPherson, Chris Robson, A.J. Yates, Mitch McConeghey, and Matt Moulder!