In the voice, you yourself are the instrument. You've naturally create these vibrations from speaking anyway. As a pianist, though, we're thinking about making the tones and not necessarily creating that. We do have to put breath in the music though, so you put it in with your body as you phrase with the body. It's just... That's why it doesn't sound as it doesn't, it sounds artificial.
There’s more to a song than meets the ear, as Neil deGrasse Tyson finds out when he interviews singer/songwriter/producer Josh Groban. In studio, concert pianist and MIT Lecturer in Music Elaine Kwon and co-host Chuck Nice add their voices to the chorus to help us hear the science woven into the songs.
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