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- čas přidán 14. 08. 2024
- You’ve probably heard people complaining about vocal fry, and you’ve certainly heard it used in conversation, but what causes it? Lauren explains the science of fry and creak in this episode of BrainStuff.
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Hello BrainStuff! I’m Lauren, and today we’re going to talk about the human voice - specifically, vocal fry -- the vocal register that launched a thousand panicky trend pieces.
You’ve heard it in conversation, you’ve heard people complain about it, and you very likely use at least a little bit of it yourself. But how does it actually work? What’s happening inside your throat when you fry?
To explain this, we first need to consider how we humans make sound with our voices. So, imagine you’re saying something normal, like, “Let go of my pizza, Ted, or prepare to feel the hot iron of vengeance.”
When you begin to speak -- or sing, chant, or babble -- you relax your diaphragm to push air from your lungs up through your larynx and out of your mouth.
And on the way up, that air passes between your vocal folds, also known as your vocal cords. The vocal folds are two strips of membranous tissue that you can manipulate in a few ways to control the pitch and quality of your voice:
If you move your vocal folds together as the air from your lungs passes up through the slit between them (known as the glottis, by the way), it causes the folds to vibrate, like the reed in a clarinet or a saxophone. This vibration then resonates through the air in the cavities of your head to produce the fundamental sound of your voice.
Now, human beings have three main vocal registers: falsetto, modal, and fry.
The modal register is most commonly used in normal speaking voices, and it’s what I’m using now.
The falsetto register is the highest frequency register, and you’ve probably heard people use it when they talk to babies and pets, oooh, yes you have!
When you go into the falsetto register, you pull your vocal folds tight, allowing only the edges to vibrate, rather than the entire folds.
The lowest vocal register is the fry vocal register. You might have also heard people call it “creaky voice.”
What we would see during the use of vocal fry is that the vocal cords are pressed together but not stretched longitudinally, which creates a loosely closed glottis gap. Breath “bubbles” out between the slackened folds, creating pulses as the vocal cords “rattle” against each other.
You can see the same kind of chaotic rattling happen with a guitar string if you tune your instrument low enough!
In recent years, vocal fry has been a huge subject of debate. Is it super annoying? Or is it super annoying when people criticize it?
If you want to learn more about all that, you can check out my compatriot Cristen Conger’s excellent Stuff Mom Never Told You video on the subject, by clicking here. In which I have a cameo.
But in short, vocal fry is nothing to panic about, culturally speaking. Studies show that it’s a fairly common feature of human speech across demographics, used most often right at the end of sentences or phrases.
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Never realized this was a thing until people started mentioning it. Yes I speak with it. I have bigger things to worry about than someone not liking the way I talk 🤷🏻♀️
And you would have just used vocal fry if you had of said that in person, because you don't really believe you don't care what people think.
@@DropBearJroc “had of said that in person”. spot the unnecessary word in your phrase there...and by the way, when you say phrases like “I would of done it if she had asked me to”.... the ‘of’ should be ‘have’
@@tsb3093 you're right
So true! 👍
Im in speech pathology classes right now and we just covered the topic of glottal/vocal fry, it IS damaging to the vocal folds if it becomes habitual. Over time it can cause a serious vocal fold disorder. if you catch yourself dropping down into glottal fry catch yourself and go back up to the modal register!
Any study to back up the claim of 'vocal fold disorder'?
Bianca Trejo it’s true! I have a vocal fry & my throat hurts SO bad!! 😭 it hurts constantly & it hurts to talk & so much to sing I can’t sing anymore! 😭 I had to have an ENT go up my nose & down my throat & he said my vocal cords are red & swollen but I don’t know how to stop! 😭😭😭 it’s just the way I talk & since my throat starred hurting the vocal fry got worse. I’ve always been an alto & had a low voice good for jazz. But omg I didn’t know it was damaging! If I knew that I would gave gone with sexy baby voice early on 😅
❤❤❤ thank you for the scientific response. Much appreciated
I hate learning about bodily functions as it makes me not want to exist. Watching videos like this feeds some sort of weird morbid curiosity, but now I don't want to talk as I know I'll be vibrating my vocal chords and it just looks as if I'll rip them somehow. Even though I've talked all my life. I'll be over this in a few hours, probably.
+CiderDivider Don't worry, they're tougher than they look!
It makes you not want to exist? Maybe you should get off the internet then.
epitome of "comment fry"
@@BrainStuffShow Totally explains why you get a sore throat or even lose your voice if you talk too much though!
The correct term for focal fold vibration is actually focal fold “oscillation” fun fact
My natural voice is extremely raspy & gravely & I can't help but fry on a lot of words. It sucks because no matter how I alter my voice, I sound like a "valley girl."
so sorry to hear that. .
No you’re just doing vocal fry and not even realizing it
Does this mean making vocal fry sounds while you are French kissing someone is a French fry???
Wow.
+Ashton Elliott lol
lol
OwO
:D
now talking feels gross
+circlehousePRO Glad we could help! ^____^ /Lauren
Say something normal like “prepare to feel the hot iron of vengeance” 😂😂
I was made fun of from the 4th to 6th grade about this mostly. Everyone said I sounded like a robot. I just had a deep voice early.
You can have a deep voice and not vocal fry though.
Can You Help Me? True
@@canyouhelpme4114 True. Vocal fry doesnt really mean having depth.
@@canyouhelpme4114 true mine is a bit high but i have vocal fry lol. its not super bad but u can def hear it 😃
Is vocal fry just raspyness
So it is basically "jaded valley girl" or "goth rock singer."
🤣😂
I am criticised for this so much!! But I don't even realize when I'm doing it so it sucks
Some people say that vocal fry hurts but others say the opposite. I use it to warm up my voice and to sing too. So I am really concerned about its impact on my voice. Thanks
"Its like saying something normal, like:"
*"p r e p a r e t o f e e l t h e h o t i r o n o f j u s t i c e"*
I don't quite understand why this is an issue, but everyone has a different reaction to one stimulus, so I guess that's the reason for the debate.
Thanks for revealing something that I never would've imagine would be a thing
I have constant vocal fry and I just discover it! Until now i just describe my voice or style of speaking (I don't really now what this is) as "rusty". The things you learn... 🤯.
I think it's interesting that nobody addresses stress, thyroid function, genetics, or other physiological factors that might be playing a role. Sure, some people are just annoying, but some people (Katy Perry comes to mind) sound like they are physically incapable of producing quality notes below a certain frequency. While others (Lana Parrilla comes to mind) produce that rich, sexy baritone with no effort at all.
You get a instant vocal fry when you hear a story that you don't believe and you say "Riiiiiiiight" lol
I only use this when I’m pissed instead of yelling - I get calm and fry- ey -
I have a degree in this stuff, and your description was very accurate in my opinion. It should be noted that excessive use of vocal fry, such as using it in place of your modal tone, is inadvised because it can cause damage and lead to things like vocal nodules. Everything in moderation, people!
(And to the people who commented- yes, the vocal folds do look kind of like a vagina. We did a lot of giggling in our anatomy classes.)
+Catherine Dore Thank you -- and thanks for attempting to engage in a reasonable discussion about our accuracy in another thread. We're sorry that we missed that discussion as it was happening -- we have a zero-tolerance policy for bullying around here, and we would've banned the other participant a lot sooner if we'd seen it.
@@BrainStuffShow I'm guessing this is an American channel, and not a British channel, correct ?
Because it does seem that vocal fry is something only American girls would do.
Just like junk food, fake yoga, and woke non-sense.
@@goofygrandlouis6296cant doubt you’re European 💀💀
@@goofygrandlouis6296 That is incorrect. Benedict Cumberbatch is a good example of a Brit who uses vocal fry. You can see more examples (both old and new) in a recent video by Dr. Geoff Lindsey here on CZcams.
@@MeredithDomzalski This is more an illustration of British youth getting intoxicated by American culture, more than anything else..
p.s. If you're in here thinking all, "BLAH BLAH BIOLOGY, whatever, where can I purchase a copy of that sweet t-shirt??", then you're in luck, Internet friend: howstuffworks.spreadshirt.com /Lauren
+BrainStuff - HowStuffWorks I must admit, I have never heard of the term "vocal fry" before. I've heard of that type of sound in the past (I've done it myself to just be silly), but I didn't know it had a name. Looking at a couple of these comments, I see I'm not the only one.
+music4ever1981 As with any trending phrases, familiarity with vocal fry will depend on the circles you travel in. Personally, there were a few weeks over the past couple years where I felt like I couldn't set foot on the Internet without reading something about vocal fry. /Lauren
Rob Lutz you're a putz Mr lutz
vocal fry is commonly used by singers to relax the voice and aid in vocal exercises!
psalm397 it sounds horrible In music too. It ruins the vocals
How do you reattach a severed limb? Or can't you?
+thomas elvidge It depends on the circumstances! That'd make a great video topic -- we'll add it to our list. Thanks so much for watching -- and commenting!
+BrainStuff - HowStuffWorks Awesome! Great video btw! :D
Great video!
Well, i learned from my voice teacher that whistle register is the highest register.
I believe that you are correct:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whistle_register
Great 👍
🗣️ Thank You!
We can fry if we want to, we can leave our tone behind
why we have different voices?
this.
has there been a discussion?
This was a useful and informative video. So, thanks for that. However, aside from people's perceptions of and reactions to vocal fry (in others, naturally, because why would I ever object to my own, right?), I had heard that it was also potentially damaging to the long-term voice health of those who engage in it.
I'll be honest: when I hear it over-used (which is an entirely subjective measure, of course) it annoys me for reasons that I can't fully explain. (Part of that objection is an acknowledged part of my upbringing: my father pointed it out to me in television announcers decades and decades ago - and in male announcers, especially - so I've been attuned to it for most of my life, though only recently had a name for it.) So I admit my own aversion to the sound when over-used, and that's in the open. But if there are also issues about it that affect the health of the speaker's vocal cords, then it would also be useful to know that ... and to have that as an additional reason to encourage people to STOP DOING THAT SO MUCH just aside from the simple reason that I don't like it.
What about when you talk while you are inhaling?
Awesome video guys but I was wondering if you could do a video about why Helium gas makes your voice sound like a chipmunk.
+Jack Kenway Good question -- I'll add it to our list! Thanks so much for watching :)
i noticed that it's really common for german girls to speak with the vocal fry, and it totally gets on my nerves lol
1:40 that is not falsetto. Falsetto is much higher
Michael Jesse more airy o should say
Honestly i forget all about it except when people who use it get all defensive about using it. Use it and I wont care or probably even notice it.
Tara Strong's Raven in 'Teen Titans Go!' would be a perfect example of Vocal Fry....
Then again, so would Froggy!
as a non nativ speaker, i can easy sing along something from cannibal corpse. But its extremly difficult to try the vocal fry, you have to force it and really focus on it.
which tells me thats no ones natural voice.
*whistle register has entered the chat*
Characters male masculine leads do a (breathy frie )
Wow Thanks I Vocaled
I got annoyed by it when debating the meaning of deepness in a voice.
Confusing to have people sound deeper when they do that or not.
It's not so much that vocal fry itself is annoying. Rather that people who frequently vocal fry have been commonly observed to be annoying.
Especially when they're trying to give smug lectures on TikTok
a pet peeve
So apparently i vocal fry constantly and tbh not sure how to feel now
I use vocal fry when I'm on vocal rest because I'm a singer lmfao
lmao, that was not falsetto. falsetto is the really high squeaky voice sound.
It appears that you are referring to the whistle register.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whistle_register
hey
Broken link. :(
I was annoyed and disgusted by vocal fry long before I knew it by that name. Back in the day, we called it "raspy." Like the sound a rasp makes. Yucko! I thought it was women trying to sound like men on the downward inflections. I have not been convinced otherwise.
ah, but what about the whistle register
Indeed:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whistle_register
Those vocal folds kinda look like... Finish the phrase, kids.
You should do some stand up, that was hilaaaaarious.
…labia accordo?
I the uk, i've never heard anyone talk about 'frying'. Is this what Americas talk about? O.o
We tend to slip into vocal fry while partaking of fried foods.
Can someone send this video to Cara Santa Maria?
I hope it is not made compulsory.
Ask Stephen Fry!
Ah good, you liked my suggestion earlier.
Corpse became famous
Also simps wanna be like him
Never used a vocal fry or valley girl speak. I don't need it to seem cool. I'm confident and don't need to draw attention to myself.
i couldn't care less about the cultural impact, i'm just wondering if it's physically harmful because it seems like it hurts when she does it
For men is vocal fry basically Clancy Brown and Steve Blum or Tony Jay? XD
that diagram gonna make me act up
What the hell even is a vocal fry? 😕
It's like when your voice crackles while you talk. Sounding like there's food frying in your mouth (get it)
Ashton Elliott I know a lot of girls who do that. I don't see anything wrong with it
***** Hello, I am actually very educated as I have a 3.8 gpa and attend a private school. No one finds what you are saying a funny, and you are pathetic And frankly, see how much hate slips out your mouth when it is only thin ass lips there to filter it.
***** No one even talks in that manner. I can wait till out Latino buddies outnumber you whites so that they could mess up this country.
+Frank Smith Thanks and I heard that on California there are more Asians and Hispanics than whites. My dad also said that in states like Texas that border Mexico there are also a lot of Hispanics moving in.
Stoners invented vocal fry
Valley girls did
Chance Kelly - technically stoners predate Valley Girls.
Valley Girls couldn't come up with anything original :P
Lil' Wayne invented vocal fry
skaters and surfer bruh, and all the lovely valley girls they boned in the 80s.
I'm a stoner and I don't use vocal fry, thank you.
What?
It is just a modern version of the "Valley Girl" method of speech and, like VG, if FEKKIN' annoying! It's done by pretentious wanna-be's who want to sound all hip and happening but in the end just end up being annoying.
the-toast.net/2015/07/22/examples-of-male-vocal-fry/
Who cares how it works, how about saying why it's used?
How would the earth be different if air was pure oxygen??
Sooo Sheev Palpatine uses Vocal Fry? 🤔.... that makes sense... good good....
I AM THE SENATE
Ted really needs to stop stealing pizza.
Duuuuuudddddeeeee
Can anyone learn how to use vocal fry?
People in a coma probably cannot do so.
@@MickeyMudTurtle You are in coma? what happened to you bruh
This happens to me when my gerd kicks in. Ugh!
But yeah, its annoying. Check out the geeky girl on masterchef who talks like this, regularly. It makes me think she's in pain. Lol!
I have a crush on Lauren.
Eww. Lol
i would call it takei-ing
There’s nothing wrong with it as part of speech. It’s when people do it 24/7 that it gets irritating. No one would speak in falsetto all the time, there’s no reason to view fry any differently.
I have never heard of vocal fry, so your assumptions at the beginning are wrong about me. =/
Virgina...
I describe it as "fake bass."
Is bacteria self aware or can you make a video on it
+Timothy Link Lots of different researchers and philosophers have different definitions of what makes a creature self-aware, so it's always a hard question to answer. In the case of bacteria, though -- bacteria are single-celled organisms that don't have a brain. They don't even have a cell nucleus! So by most definitions, it's impossible for them to be self-aware.
However, bacteria do participate in a type of communication called quorum sensing. Each bacterium releases chemicals that indicate how it's doing. Other bacteria can detect those chemicals. When a bacterium detects enough of any one type of these chemicals, it will change its behavior to go with the group. So in a way, bacteria do have a sense that they're part of a greater colony.
+BrainStuff - HowStuffWorks wow thanks
Vocal Fry this word, and tell me what it's from: "RED RUM"
It’s two words
@@tsb3093 No
It's more of a trend with female californian millennials though. And it's quite off-putting.
+MemoTea There's definitely a trend of people noticing it and criticizing it in young women, but it's not a new phenomenon, and it isn't exclusively used by young women. If you'd like to learn more, these are good starting points: www.thewire.com/national/2011/12/vocal-fry-isnt-just-college-girls/46063/; www.businessinsider.com/speech-trend-vocal-fry-is-normal-2014-8 /Lauren
Vocal Fry can be controlled by proper, diaphragmatic breathing
Is vocal fry only used in English? I've yet to hear anyone use it in, like, let's say Mandarin, or Italian, or German, or Vietnamese.... French? Nah...
Count Dracula used it while speaking in English, which leads me to wonder whether he used it while speaking in Romanian.😉
She is annoying to listen to because she seems to like using vocal fry. It does seem to be most common amongst young, american women who think it sounds "cool". Thankfully, it's not common over here in Britain.
She's using vocal fry on purpose so people who don't know what it is can know what it sounds like. It's an educational video; she's trying to teach something for people who are interested. Appealing to aesthetics isn't the top priority. And it might seem to you that it's more common in young women, but this is not necessarily supported by data. In fact, there's not a huge amount of data yet, but the data that *does* exist points to the opposite. Studies show that young men actually dip into vocal fry more often than young women (which makes sense because men's voices are naturally at a lower average frequency than women's voices, and vocal fry requires dipping into an abnormally low vocal range), but when women do it, they are perceived as annoying or uneducated more often than when men do it, so it's just noticed more in women. And just because famous women like Kim Kardashian might do it to sound cool doesn't mean most people do. For a lot of people it's totally subconscious or involuntary, so it's a shame that people pay so much attention to vocal quality and allow it to detract from the actual words being spoken.
So that's why rock singer have raspy voice?
Vocal fry has completely ruined most of my favorite NPR shows 😕
Right there with you...i have great hearing but mostly can't understand the words that are frying out of ppls mouths
Millennials, (female almost exclusively) on NPR and other radio shows, speaking through their throats & noses instead of from the diaphragm, repetitive rising and lowering intonation at end of sentences, FRY / CREAK & trying to sound sophisticated or knowledgeable when they're reporting something they know little about = NEO VALLEY GIRL, rully. Rully! Beyond annoying. Rully.
you're great
Today you are a SARTORIAL delight (nudge-nudge.. offer your fellows some advice)
+Stephen Mortimer ^___^ You can get one of these for yourself, your boss, your cousins, your cat, etc. right over here: howstuffworks.spreadshirt.com/
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Nah... I'd hate to have my every thought of DieVogelbaum turned into a commercial OPPORTUNITY !!
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Rather astute of you to discern that there MUST be no "wife" buy for !!
i'm sorry, vocal fry's a thing... why?
Good question!
1:40 is not falsetto! Ha ha she can't do a falsetto.
No I don't! It sounds like nails on a chalkboard.
I can’t watch vids where the host leans on vocal fry to end all sentences. It’s beyond me to even tolerate it for a minute. I’ve unsubscribed when a new host comes in who constantly does it. And yes, I’ve let them know too.
Back off, Ted!
It sounds effortlessly arrogant, look Daria.
I watched a rhetorical expert dive deep into how Donald Trump speaks and just like this video I have the same response people are just stupid it's not that deep bro
I just came from a video saying it's a bad idea especially for women that want to get jobs.
You could have made a much shorter version of this video.
question: What causes vocal fry?
answer: being an arrogant yet very insecure little twit that needs to blindly follow trends no matter how much they make you sound like a person that should be avoided at all costs.
Theorn Campbell okay
she's so cute
that caused by gurgling to much semen.
People who use it are speaking of something they're not confident about.
Uhmm.... im finding how to fry a chicken ?? Whare is this part of youtube i found?.......