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Relaxation and Breathing
Quality, Pitch, and Flexibility
Articulation and Pronunciation
Volume and Rate
Projection
100
freedom from all bodily tensions
What is relaxation?
100
The voice element that makes the sound of your voice different from all other voices.
What is quality?
100
The first authority on the pronunciation of a word.
What is a dictionary?
100
How loudly or softly you speak.
What is volume?
100
This is the placement and delivery of all the characteristics of an effective voice to communicate with your audience.
What is projection?
200
How we sit and stand.
What is posture?
200
It is the effective control of all your vocal elements and body movements. By doing this, actors can express the meanings of their lines more clearly.
What is poise?
200
a person's pronunciation of words, choice of words, and manner in which the person expresses himself or herself.
What is diction?
200
The speed at which you speak.
What is rate?
200
Projection involves aiming THIS at your directed target.
What is your voice?
300
Muscle located between the abdomen and the rib cage.
What is a diaphragm?
300
The rising and falling of pitch. It adds meaning, color, and rhythm to spoken words.
What is inflection?
300
a pronunciation of words from different languages blended together to form a distinct language for a group of people.
What is dialect?
300
Actors must develop this to regulate the amount of air being used when speaking.
What is breath control?
300
Projection involves delivering your lines to the audience and THIS is vital in the delivery of those lines.
What is energy?
400
This gives the actor a deeper level of awareness and provides the energy needed for the stage?
What is relaxation?
400
These are the muscular membranes in the larynx that produce sound.
What are vocal folds?
400
The manner in which people speak and the way words are pronounced in different parts of the world.
What is accent?
400
If actors don't use proper voice placement, this will be the result.
What is uneven volume or unclear sounds and words.
400
Not only must you remember all the aspects of acting and speaking onstage, you must also remain aware of what need?
What is the audience's need to hear you?
500
This is one way everyday breathing is different from breathing on stage.
What is inhale more deeply by using more muscles?
500
This is an instrument that can be used to record voice vibrations and show voice patterns.
What is an oscilloscope?
500
Lips, teeth, tongue, hard and soft palate, jaw, muscles, and nasal passageways.
What are the articulators that help produce sound?
500
This is never the answer for achieving volume on the stage.
What is shouting?
500
Two common flaws beginning actors make with their pitch when onstage.
What are a thin, high tone and monotone?