Voice and Articulation Review

Voice and Articulation Review

Ms. Morsell

Your Voice is Your Key

As an actor, you know that your voice is a basic element of your craft. In addition to having enough volume, or strength, to be audible to your audience no matter what size the theatre, you can develop your voice to be flexible and add layers.

Multiple Choice

According to the text, what is audible?

• volume

• able to be heard.

• loud

• a sound effects website

Voice Production

Technically, speech sounds are produced by pushing air through the lungs and diaphragm. The exhaled air vibrates the vocal cords in the larynx.

Multiple Choice

According to your important notes, what is a diaphragm?

• a type of record player

• a graphic organizer

• a diet

• a flat muscle that separates the chest from the abdomen.

Multiple Choice

What is larynx?

• the area of the throat that contains the vocal cords.

• a rich warm speaking sound

• a combination of rising and falling inflection

• your inflection

Open Ended

What are three ways you can protect your voice?

Poll

Based on your experience, do you think you use your voice properly?

• yes

• no

Proper Breathing and Richer Tone

• Actors and singers know that to have the necessary air control for a performance they must use their diaphragm.

• Once you have mastered diaphragmatic breathing you will learn it requires less work than chest breathing.

• Tone depends on many factors, including the shape and size of your vocal mechanism.

• If your voice sounds breathy you are probably using too much breathe.

• If your voice sounds harsh and raspy its probably because of a closed throat.

Multiple Choice

What is pitch?

• to send the voice out to the audience.

• the relative highness or lowness of the voice.

• able to be heard

• throwing a ball

Poll

How did you feel after completing the Tone activity?

• good

• weird

• actually paid attention to my tone

• no differently

Rising Inflection

Oh, Jack! What are you doing?

Sustained Inflection

Jack always has a reason.

Falling Inflection

Stay out of this, Jack.

Articulation and Pronunciation

Proper breathing, great tone, and perfect pitch make no difference at all if you have poor articulation.

Multiple Choice

Articulation is also known as

• pitch

• pronunciation

• diction

• being smart

Articulation and Pronunciation practice

Hartford, Hereford, and Hampshire hurricanes hardly ever happen

Articulation and Pronunciation Practice

Better buy the bigger rubber baby buggy bumpers.

Open Ended

Why should actors breathe from the diaphragm?