Vocal Science - Flight to the Universe his guitar or drums to corrosive chemicals or other types of toxic materials, yet what else do we do to our so-called "instruments" when we singers eat junk food or (God forbid!) "road" food? The components listed above make up your instrument. What's most important, initially, is not to consider how well or poorly you can use these parts, but rather, their proportion to one another. You see, the size of every component in the system affects the quality of its output. A shorter person usually has thin, short vocal cords, which allow higher notes to be sung but limit the amount of "body" or fullness in their sound. Generally speaking, a larger person has more “body� to resonate the sound off of, which produces a fuller sound. Here's an analogy. A violin makes music because the sound created by the vibrating strings resonates off its "body". Depending on the gauge and age of the strings, the thickness and quality of the wood, and its weight, that sound is pleasing in varying degrees (assuming that the actual skill of the player is the same in all cases). With the body, it's the same. Each part has a significant effect on the musical output that the instrument will produce. In the case of your body's parts, the pertinent issues are height, weight, width, depth, length and thickness. Now, you can look at yourself and rate the proportional symmetry of your body. Using the middle of your abdomen as the centerline, is your
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