Comparison of Speaking and Singing
Commonly known as raised or elevated speech.
Singing
The limited pitch range within which a person customarily expresses himself for everyday speech.
Habitual Pitch Level
Name the issue in relation to speech level. The individual sounds 1. growly or gravelly 2. hollow and sepulchral as if down in a well
The speech level is too low
This type of quantity related issue is often perceived as offensive to the average listener and is not a common issue.
Speaking too loudly.
Spending more time on vowels slows down the rate of speech to help with which issue in relation to rate of speech.
This common vocal expression comes with a larger range of pitches than typical speech
Singing
Bah, Bay, Bee, Boh, Boo. These common syllables serve what purpose in relation to a student's pitch level?
Finding the Habitual Pitch Level.
Speaking with lots of vibration in the upper chest and head, making deeper, richer, rounder, more resonant sounds, are all ways of what?
Adjusting a speech level that is too high.
Hyperfunctional use from the breathing and support chapter.
List some common example of issues related to too much variation of rate.
Generally, this common vocal expression moves at a much faster rate than singing with shorter and much less extended vowels.
Speech/Talking
The pitch range within which a person can achieve the best quality and quantity of sound for the least expenditure of effort.
Optimal Pitch Level
Name the issue in relation to speech level. An individual sounds 1. breathy and immature 2. tight and penetrating
The speech level is too high.
Speaking too softly is prevalent within the general populace. What are some reasons for this? [list 3]
Fear of embarrassment, inhibition, wrong tonal models, inability to hear your own voice, desire to appear genteel, modest, ladylike, unassuming, or not pushy, etc.
Double Jeopardy!
Professor's Choice of Question.
Despite extensive differences, this can be considered the foundation of good singing.
Good speech.
As quoted in the book, Margaret Greene states, "the voice leaps into prominence, being so much more rich and resonant that there is no mistaking its rightness" about which type of pitch level?
Optimal Pitch Level
Working for a feeling of sound in the head and not the throat, and feeling more vibration in the hard palate and in the nasal cavity are ways of what?
Working to raise a speech level too low.
List ways an individual may discover that they often speak too softly.
People ask the individual to repeat something, people lean toward the individual to listen closely, people study the individual's face intently.
Having a speaker put one syllable on each peat of a metronome helps the individual develop what?
A desired rate of speech.
Speech makes more use of neutral, unstressed vowels because of what?
Faster tempo and limited pitch as compared to sining/song.
The lowest pitch on which a person can sustain utterance.
Basal Pitch
List the four common faults related to pitch.
1. speaking too high
2. speaking too low
3. speaking in too restricted a range
4. speaking in stereotyped pitch patterns
List the three common faults related to quantity of sound.
1. speaking too softly
2. speaking too loudly
3. speaking with too much variation of force
List the three common faults related to speaking rate.
1. Speaking too fast
2. Speaking too slow
3. speaking with too much variation of rate.