Vocal Effects

Voice

Roughly, "voice" is the general properties of your singing. Primarily it is the shape of your vocal tract and the tension of the muscles in your vocal tract, but it also refers to things like saliva in your vocal tract or how clearly you can vocalize.

Gristle, Gristle is the opposite of a clear voice and includes grit, gravel, ragged voice, sexual arousal, and the catch in the throat of grief.
Tense versus relaxed voice. A tense voice sounds operatic. For discussions of this, see Elvis Presley here or here, or < href=carleton.htm>Vanessa Carleton.