Why do we sing in a higher voice than we talk with ...

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It's really odd .. whenever I hear folks bursting into song invariably they sing in a higher voice than they would normally talk with ... Go on .. just try it ... tra la la la dee dee dah ... bet you sung higher didn't you ... why on earth do we do that, surely unless we have a trained singing voice you'd think we'd sing in the same voice as we talk with ...