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The human voice is considered the oldest musical instrument. No upgrades required.

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The voice predates crafted instruments by tens of thousands of years and is built into human anatomy. Singing uses controlled vibration of vocal folds plus resonance shaping in the mouth/nasal cavities—basically a biological synthesizer.

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