Is there something about this topic that's causing people to want to give their vocal chords a work out?

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Silent missives are great, but before our vocal chords get all rusty from disuse, let's make telephobia a thing of the past.

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"As a singer, you are supposed to gargle with port before a performance to open the vocal chords, " she was quoted as saying.

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It also puts at risk its reputation with the vast majority of all players and its customer base who would most likely view a slap on the vocal chords as tacit tolerance for an abhorrent principle.

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In historic Sultanahmet, where the Ottoman sultans sought to outdo each other with grandiose building programs, muezzins at each of the imperial mosque complexes give their vocal chords a vigorous morning workout, prompting the faithful to their prayers and hotel guests to their breakfast.

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In This Light and on This Evening is a wonderful work, and everything about it apart from the vibration of Tom Smith's vocal chords and the strings of Chris Urbanowicz's guitar is the product of digital technologies, first in the studio and as then it is distributed and played.

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From the opening power chords to bassist-singer Bobby Hackney's rushed, garbled vocal, the song has the harried, live-for-the-moment desperation that's always made for great punk (and great rock 'n' roll overall).

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Benevento's assertive interpretation features plenty of bluesy grace notes in his right-hand flights, an unexpected touch of dissonance in the chords, a big build-up aided by the pounding drummer and a surprise appearance by a scatting vocal chorus, as well as a churchy slowdown at the end full of tremolos, stutters and arpeggios.

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