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Sangeet Sarita
Speaking and singing depend on the larynx (voice-box) in your neck. In order to produce sound, adductor muscles provide resistance to the air you exhale. Air then bursts through the closed vocal cords. As the air rushes through the vocal cords, the pressure between the cords drops, sucking them back together.
Speech or song may begin in its basest form in the vocal cords, but it’s shaped by muscular changes in the mouth and jaw, particularly the lips and tongue (although some languages have sounds that bypass the vocal cords entirely—for instance, certain African languages have a “click” sound made exclusively by the tongue).
Songs
The most common type of vocal music is the song. A song is typically composed of a single voice and an accompaniment. An example of this type of vocal music is Franz Schubert's "Schwanengesang," composed in 1828.
Sacred
Sacred vocal music is music performed in a religious setting or composed for a religious purpose. Examples of this type of vocal music include hymns and Georg Frederic Handel's "The Messiah," composed in 1741.
Secular
Secular vocal music is vocal music written for a non-religious setting. Popular vocal music of the Renaissance and Baroque periods were considered to be secular vocal works.
Dramatic
Operas and musicals fall into another type of vocal music called dramatic vocal music. George Gershwin's "Porgy and Bess" and Mozart's "The Magic Flute" are both examples of this vocal music type.