how can humans hear a note and replicate it?

Question

Even if it’s not the same, it may still be close enough. How can we know what to do with the vocal chords in order to reproduce the sound?

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Answer 1

Humming or singing a note is no different than speaking a word. Because we spend so much time talking and using different tones and inflections in our speech we get pretty good at roughly determining subconsciously where a note lies in our vocal chords.