The Larynx
Our voicebox or Adam's apple.
What is the larynx?
To sing or speak well we must practice this on a daily basis.
What is systemic hydration?
The three subsystems of voice and speech function.
What are respiration, phonation, and resonance?
The power behind our voice and where it originates and how it is supported.
What are air, our lungs, and our diaphragm?
The powerhouse behind your singing performance or speaking engagement.
What is air?
The only bone located within the anterior laryngeal area of the neck.
What is the hyoid bone?
Lip trills, cup bubbles, and straw phonation are all examples of these therapies/technics that help us learn how to displace laryngeal tension and keep our vocal tracts open.
What are Semi-Occluded Vocal Tract (SOVT's) exercises?
The name and purpose of the workshop you attended today.
What is the Happy Singer and Vocal Health?
The source of our voice regardless of the volume.
What are our vocal folds?
What muscle(s) need to be aligned, supported and remain flexible in order to produce sound with optimal resonance?
What are the diaphragm, intercostal muscles, tongue, and soft palate?
This muscle is responsible for tilting the larynx down and forward which allows for higher pitches to be produced.
What is the cricothyroid muscle?
If I do not care for my voice properly I am at risk of developing these.
What are vocal polyps or nodules?
A performer who has warmed the hearts of millions with her 4-octave range, and is now limited in her capacity to sing.
Who is Julie Andrews?
The filter of our voice happens throughout these areas of our vocal tract.
What are our pharynx, oral cavity, and nasopharynx?
Which muscles commonly participate in the act of intense singing or speaking, but should not?
An exam performed by a licensed professional for viewing of the oscillation of the vocal folds.
What is laryngovideostroboscopy?
This condition occurs when a person phonates with undue tension within and surrounding the laryngeal framework.
What is muscle tension dysphonia?
Determining the overall sound quality of a person's voice.
What is a perceptual evaluation?
Common terms that are used to describe power, source, and filter when teaching singing.
What are breathing, vocalization, and resonance?
A technique that focuses on posture and alignment and has been found to especially help musicians.
What is the Alexander technique?
Name the intrinsic muscles of the larynx responsible for abducting the vocal folds.
What are the posterior cricoarytenoid muscles?
If I notice a difference in how my voice functions and I am bothered by it, this is the professional I should contact for a voice evaluation.
What is a speech-language pathologist?
The feeling you get when you are singing or speaking at your optimal performance level?
What is happiness?
The culture that has understood how power, source, and filter work and has influenced the teaching of singing for centuries.
What is Italian culture?
Power in vocalization depends upon these elements of sound.
What is Sound level intensity (dBL, decibels) and change in air pressure and air temperature?