To portray the high-pitched Galinda in the film adaptation of “Wicked,” Ariana Grande put in “a lot of vocal work.” But just what kind of effort is needed to make one’s voice higher for a role? Before ...

Through the masculine, heavy and aggressive approach of hard rock/heavy metal music, one might not automatically assume that high pitch singing would have such a pivotal role. But, from the onset, ...

Our hearing picks up a limited range of sounds, limits that were used successfully to keep teenagers from congregating outside British grocery stores by a device called the “teenage sound repeller." ...

Scientists have long suspected that a person’s genetics are involved in shaping how their voice sounds. But knowing which genes are involved — and how they wield their influence — has remained out of ...

Sounds play an important role in troubleshooting a computer. Computers have pre-programmed beeps and sounds that notify you of clear hardware issues. Then there are the subtler sounds: a high-pitched ...