{Vocal Production

Freeing the Natural Voice

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hp-gCvW8PRY

Diaphragmatic Breathing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYpDwhpILkQ

Vocal chords in action *Warning! This is gross/awesome

Male B2 – C3 Female G- A3Four notes above lowest pitch

Forcing a pitch that is too high for your natural voice can cause vocal strain or nodes.

Pitch

Chest as Sounding BoardPharyngeal (Throat)

ResonanceMouth Resonance

Nasal Resonance

Size , shape and texture changes sound

The articulators form sound into words

ACTIVE Lips Tongue Jaw Soft PalatePASSIVE Teeth Hard palate Uvula

Articulators

Common Vocal Problems

Nasalized – too much nasal quality(hypernasal)Denasalized – stuffy head sound (hyponasal)

Nasalized and Denasalized Sounds

Lisp

Interdental lisp – tongue protrudes between the teeth, as in the [th] sound

Lateral lisp – flat tongue as in [l] sound; air escapes around side of tongue creating wet slushy sound

Lisp

Butterfly PositionWhen you say "i" as in "bin", or "ee" as in "been", the sides of the tongue are raised slightly, like the raised wings of a butterfly, and are in light contact with the teethHolding this position, direct the air-flow "along" the central groove, and not (laterally) over the sides of the tongue.

Correcting a Lateral Lisp

Breathiness

Vocal cords do not close fully

Most often found after h words he, hit, whoorsister, assistance, popcorn

A low, staccato vibration during speech and singing produced by a slow fluttering of the vocal chords

Lowest of the three registers (falsetto, modal and fry)

Vocal cartilages come together very tightly allowing the vocal cords to be loose and floppy

Vocal Fry

Your personal sound is a result of many factors

Vocal fold elasticity/pliability Vocal fold resistance Vocal fold mass Person's vocal fold features: e.g.,

stiffness, bulk, size Vocal tract resonators (throat, oral

cavity,nasal cavities)Voice

Quality orTimbre