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How sopranos sing over an orchestra

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Forget using cheap electronic microphones. By expertly uncoupling their vocal tract resonances from the fundamental pitch, these highly trained singers physically amplify specific harmonic frequencies to pierce straight through the sound of eighty blaring instruments.

How sopranos sing over an orchestra
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