The way you speak has rhythm, timbre, and pitch. It’s more like music than you might think. We chat with <a href="https://www.theallusionist.org/">The Allusionist</a> host Helen Zaltzman, Martin Zaltz Austwick from <a href="http://www.songbysongpodcast.com/">Song by Song</a>, Music Psychologist Dr. Ani Patel of <a href="https://ase.tufts.edu/psychology/people/patel/">Tufts University</a>, and Drum Composer <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/daviddockery20">David Dockery</a> on how musical our speech really is.  Twenty Thousand Hertz is hosted by <a href="http://dallastaylor.com/">Dallas Taylor</a> and produced out of the studios of <a href="http://defactosound.com/">Defacto Sound</a>. Follow Dallas on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/dallastaylor.wav">Instagram</a>, <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@dallastaylor.wav">TikTok</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@dallas_taylor">YouTube</a> and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/dallastaylor/">LinkedIn</a>.Join our community on <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/20k/">Reddit</a> and follow us on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/20korg/">Facebook</a>.Consider supporting the show at <a href="http://donate.20k.org/">donate.20k.org</a> Episode transcript, music, and credits can be found here: <a href="https://www.20k.org/episodes/themusicinspeech">https://www.20k.org/episodes/themusicinspeech</a> Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

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Hidden Melodies: Discovering the music in our speech

Sound, Uncovered. The secrets, stories, and science behind what you hear.