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Warm Up

Warm Up. What are some vocal qualities that you believe can make a voice distinctive? Please write one paragraph. The Human Voice. The Human Voice. MESSAGES are: Packages of information Can be: Verbal Non-verbal

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Warm Up

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  1. Warm Up What are some vocal qualities that you believe can make a voice distinctive? Please write one paragraph.

  2. The Human Voice

  3. The Human Voice • MESSAGES are: • Packages of information • Can be: • Verbal • Non-verbal We’ve discussed NONVERBAL messages and now it’s time to work on VERBAL messages. Spoken ones, to be exact…

  4. The Human Voice • This lesson’s goals: • Identify the parts of the body that create the voice • Identify and describe the four steps to voice production • Identify what is created at each step

  5. The Human Voice • How is the voice made? • Step 1: RESPIRATION • Respiration is BREATHING • As you breathe in, your DIAPHRAGM (a sheet of muscle below your lungs) moves down, expanding your LUNGS

  6. The Human Voice • How is the voice made? • Step 1: RESPIRATION • As you breathe out, your DIAPHRAGM moves up, squeezing your LUNGS and forcing out the air • The air going out carries the sound

  7. WARNING: You will now look into someone’s throat. If you get queasy, turn away!! And keep the comments to yourself…

  8. The Human Voice • How is the voice made? • Step 2: VIBRATION • Happens in the LARYNX (your ‘voice box’). Men can easily find it, since it is the ADAM’S APPLE • Your VOCAL CORDS vibrate as air passes through them, creating vibrations in the air (which is sound)

  9. The Human Voice Voice Production: Vocal cords during breathing (open) Vocal cords beginning to close Vocal cords completely closed (making sound) Vocal cords beginning to relax again

  10. The Human Voice • Why do people become hoarse after yelling? • Reason 1: Your vocal cords are controlled by muscles. Like all muscles, they can get tired. • Reason 2: When you yell too loud, the vocal cords smack together to create the sound. They can become damaged.

  11. The Human Voice • How is the voice made? • Step 3: RESONANCE • Happens in your THROAT, your MOUTH, and your NASAL CAVITY • This is where your voice is AMPLIFIED and PITCH is created • This step creates vowels

  12. The Human Voice • How is the voice made? • Step 4: ARTICULATION • Happens in your MOUTH • Structures in your mouth DEFINE AND CHANGE THE VOICE INTO WORDS • This is where consonants are made

  13. The Human Voice • Vocal Qualities • Aside from a perfect, neutral speaking voice (very rare) each person’s voice has one or more qualities which can be easily defined • BREATHY • LOW RESONANCE, QUIET PITCH • RASPY • GRAVELLY, HOARSE SOUND • SHRILL • HIGH PITCH, HARSH SOUND • NASAL • SPEAKING AS IF ALL OF THE SOUND WERE COMING OUT OF THE NOSE • DENASAL • CONSTANLY SOUNDS STOPPED-UP, LIKE WITH ALLERGIES • HUSKY • LOW, BEEFY VOICE

  14. The Human Voice • Vocal Qualities • Aren’t these bad traits? • Not exactly… • Each of these can be a good thing to an extent. They can make a voice distinctive • TOO MUCH of a vocal quality can HURT understanding, and then it becomes NOISE

  15. The Human Voice Okay, let’s try this out! • Pick a partner • Compare voices to find each of your qualities. If there are any, write them down • Be ready to tell the class what they are and why YOU HAVE 5 MINUTES TO DO THIS! GO!

  16. The Human Voice • Review: • Respiration is: • BREATHING • The sheet of muscle that controls breathing is: • THE DIAPHRAGM • The larynx is also called: • THE VOICE BOX • Vocal cords do what: • VIBRATE TO PRODUCE SOUND • Resonance is: • AMPLIFICATION OF VOICE AND PITCH CREATION • Articulation is: • DEFINING AND CHANGING THE VOICE INTO WORDS

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