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OCR: M AKING SOUNDS WITH THE LARYNX HE PITCH of a sound is determined by the length and tension of the vocal cords T your larynx. As air from your lungs passes over the vocal cords, they start to vibrate. This makes sound at a pitch that varies with the state of the vocal cords and the speed a1 which they vibrate LOW -PITCHED SOUNDS The larynx relaxes loosening and I lengthening the voca lcords. Vocal cords Epiglottis Asair from the lungs passes over them, the cords vibrate slowly, producing low -pitched sound. LOWPITCH HIGH PITCH oprrs iungs