vocab1.0
air inhaled and exhaled.
Breath
a flat muscle that separates the chest from the abdominal cavity.
Diaphragm
relative highness and lowness.
Pitch
sending your voice out to the audience.
Project
speed at which one speaks.
Rate
the lips, teeth, and tongue.
Articulators
the roof of the mouth.
Palate
a session of practice, usually private, in preparation for a public performance.
Rehearsal
relative loudness.
Volume
a form of stage where the audience are seated on all four sides of the whole acting area.
Arena Theater
steadfast adherence to the same form.
Consistency
variety of pitch.
Inflection
(a script): to record or mark.
Scoring
a section of the stage floor which projects towards or into the auditorium. In proscenium theatres, it's the part of the stage in front of the house tabs, or in front of the proscenium arch, above the orchestra pit.
Apron
the creation and convincing representation of fictitious characters.
Characterization
to act without words through facial expression and gesture.
Pantomime
throat, nose, mouth, sinuses (areas where sound travels through air).
Resonators
the part of the throat that contains vocal chords.
Larynx
a rich, warm sound quality.
Resonance
air-filled spaces through which sound travels.
Sinus Cavity