Anyone who’s been enveloped in the velvety vocal phrasing of jazz legend Ella Fitzgerald, the operatic oscillations of “King of the High C’s” Luciano Pavarotti, or the melismatic melodies of Mariah ...

Vibrato is a small variation of pitch occurring spontaneously that results from the free oscillation of the vocal cords. A singer achieves a healthy vibrato by allowing for an open pharynx (open ...

Israeli researchers have developed an electronic ear to coach vibrato technique. Until now, the quality of a vibrato -- the pulsating change of pitch in a singer's voice -- could only be judged by ...

Contestant Susan Boyle became an Internet sensation this week after her show-stopping performance on Britain’s Got Talent. Boyle’s voice, despite limited previous training, is powerful and features an ...

If you ask someone to imitate an opera singer, you can guarantee that they will do so with a humorously excessive amount of vibrato. We asked professional soprano and Classic FM presenter Catherine ...

When Haruka Kondo stepped into the singing booth, she was determined to strip away the mystery behind a successful vocal performance. A starting pitch on a digital piano queued her into Caro mio ben, ...