Voice Elements
The natural sound of your voice, determined by the size and shape of your vocal chords.
What is quality?
The speed at which you speak.
What is rate?
The "t" sounds at the beginning of a word becomes a "ch" sound in this accent.
What is size?
The process of changing your voice.
What is flexibility?
How loud or soft someone speaks.
What is volume?
The "ir" sound in the middle of a word becomes the "oi" sound in this accent.
Showing how heavy or light a pantomimed object is.
What is weight?
How high or low your voice is on the musical scale.
What is pitch?
How far your voice can travel.
What is projection?
The "a" sound becomes the "a-uh" sound in this accent.
What is the southern accent?
Showing what a pantomime object looks like.
What is shape?
The rising and falling of pitch. It typically makes your sentences more interesting.
What is inflection?
Using clear speech and pronouncing syllables.
What is diction?
The term for dropping the "t's" in the middle of a word. Ex. Water becomes Wa"er.
What is a glottal stop?
Making sure you pick up and set down pantomimed objects in the same place.
What is placement?
Giving stress to a specific syllable or word.
What is emphasis?
The process of getting ready to perform. We usually do this at the beginning of class.
What is a vocal warm-up?
The term for connecting sounds in a word to become one complete sound. Ex. Sad becomes Sa-uhd
What is an onglide?