Know Your Instrument
This part of the throat vibrates to produce sound.
What are 'Vocal Folds'
Fact or Fiction? Dairy is bad for all singers
Fiction*
Having 8-10 of these in a day helps keep your vocal folds flexible and healthy.
What are glasses of water?
This is what your vocal cords get to do during a full night of sleep, especially after a long tech rehearsal or performance.
Located below the lungs, this muscle helps control airflow for proper breath support.
What is the Diaphragm?
Fact or Fiction? Drinking water just before singing instantly hydrates your vocal cords?
Fiction
Dry throat, weak voice, dizziness, and thirst are all signs of this
What is Dehydration?
Sleep helps lower this emotional and physical state, which can cause vocal tension and affect performance.
Singers should try to avoid ____ when their voices are tired. Though someone should tell that to Galinda. She can be seen leaning towards Elphaba on the Wicked poster, doing it.
What is Whispering?
True or False. What we consume directly touches our vocal cords?
False.
The character Penelope Pennywise, in her big musical number, says, "It's a privilege to ___." This is a good way to know if you're properly hydrated.
What is Pee?
This mental ability, boosted by good sleep, helps you memorize music, take direction, and focus on stage.
What is concentration?
This is the medical term for the "voice box."
What is the Larynx?
The vocal folds come together and vibrate over 100 times per second when singing.
Fact.
Since water doesn't touch your vocal cords directly, this is about how long it takes for drinking water to hydrate your voice.
What is 4 hours?
Getting enough sleep boosts this system in your body, helping you avoid colds that could mess with your voice.
Some singers use SOVT exercises like lip/tongue trills or straw phonation for warming up. What does SOVT stand for?
Semi-Occluded Vocal Tract