Theatre Arts Midterm Review

Define: Diaphragm

• How fast or slow you speak your words
• Located in your throat for pitch sounds
• The muscle in your chest which supports your breathing
• The degree of highness or lowness of your tone

Your sound starts with air being pushed into your throat by your diaphragm.

• True
• False

Projection problems most frequently come from nervous tension.

• True
• False

Dynamics tell

• how loud or soft your vocal tone is.

• how fast you can speak.

Pitch is

• the loudness or softness of sound.

• how fast or slow your voice can get.

• the highness or lowness of sound.

Projecting your voice means to

• show a slide of your throat in front of a crowd

• speak to the back of the wall (behind the audience)

• whisper to where only your fellow cast members can hear while on stage

Your jaw, lips, tongue, teeth, and soft palate are all part of your_____________

• resonators.

• gestures

• script

• articulators

Expressive movements of the body or limbs are called:

• resonators

• gestures

• articulators

• actuators

to create without any forethought or preparation

• circumspect
• improvise
• specter
• phototropic

To have good posture is to:

• stand with your feet shoulder width apart

• shoulders are relaxed

• one foot is slightly forward to help maintain balance

• imagine yourself being suspended by a string from the top of your head

• All of the above