| The nature of vocal registers is often a subject of controversy. The purpose ol this study was to demonstrate the induction of timbre transition of voca register in an effective and efficient way and thereby confirm vocal registe transition as a laryngeal event. Meanwhile, this paper analyzes and evaluates several explicit and implicit assumptions that are embedded in the concepts terminologies, and practices related to vocal registers. A reconciliation of the varied and conflicting register concepts, terminologies, and practices is proposed, including:1. A brief documented science-based theory that accounts for vocal registe phenomena from perceptual, physiological, and acoustical perspectives.Perhaps for millennia of time, singers and singing teachers have aurall identified changes in voice quality when singing the consecutive fundamenta frequencies of a two-octave (or more) musical scale. When transitions fron one voice quality to another occur, most singers report some sort of non-specific, kinesthetically sensed, neuromuscular coordination adjustment in the larynx. Among experienced or trained singers, the transitions are perceivec to be blended and smooth, but the transitions are more commonly abrup among inexperienced singers.2. How the theory can be beneficially applied to the learning of efficient, skilled singing and speaking when guided by music educators, singing teachers.Within both the voice science and the voice education communities of the earl) 21st century, considerable discrepancies remain in the conceptual frameworks terminologies, and practices that are related to vocal registers. To people who are not familiar with the jargon of the voice-related professions, these discrepancies are puzzling, confusing, and can even call into question the credibility of voice profession members. In this paper, a reconciliation of the varied and conflicting register concepts, terminologies, and practices will be presented.
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