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From the Ted Talk by Holly Herndon: What if you could sing in your favorite musician's voice?

Unscramble the Blue Letters


(oeavrlpnipg vcioes sing)

(Singing ends)

(Applause)

Hi, my name is Holly, and I’m an artist. That was my voice, but I didn’t sing that clip. I trained an AI on my own vcioe, and now she can sing anything in multiple languages. Her name is Holly+, and you just heard her prroefm “El Cant de la slliiba,” which is a traditional song arnrgead by Maria Arnal in Catalan. Not a language that I speak and not a vocal tradition that I've trained in. Those melismatic runs are really difficult to hit.

To show you Holly+'s full range, I'll also play an example in German. This is "Mack the Knife" by Brecht.

Open Cloze


(___________ ______ sing)

(Singing ends)

(Applause)

Hi, my name is Holly, and I’m an artist. That was my voice, but I didn’t sing that clip. I trained an AI on my own _____, and now she can sing anything in multiple languages. Her name is Holly+, and you just heard her _______ “El Cant de la _______,” which is a traditional song ________ by Maria Arnal in Catalan. Not a language that I speak and not a vocal tradition that I've trained in. Those melismatic runs are really difficult to hit.

To show you Holly+'s full range, I'll also play an example in German. This is "Mack the Knife" by Brecht.

Solution


  1. voice
  2. voices
  3. overlapping
  4. perform
  5. arranged
  6. sibilla

Original Text


(Overlapping voices sing)

(Singing ends)

(Applause)

Hi, my name is Holly, and I’m an artist. That was my voice, but I didn’t sing that clip. I trained an AI on my own voice, and now she can sing anything in multiple languages. Her name is Holly+, and you just heard her perform “El Cant de la Sibilla,” which is a traditional song arranged by Maria Arnal in Catalan. Not a language that I speak and not a vocal tradition that I've trained in. Those melismatic runs are really difficult to hit.

To show you Holly+'s full range, I'll also play an example in German. This is "Mack the Knife" by Brecht.

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