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Speech Anatomy Revision: 80% of Volume Change Is The Diaphragm - 20% Is The Lungs
Speech Anatomy Revision: 80% of Volume Change Is The Diaphragm - 20% Is The Lungs
Aim Method
Raise Pitch Lengthen vocal folds (more tilt)
Lower Pitch Shorten vocal folds (less tilt)
Get louder Higher air pressure
Thicker vocal folds
Get softer Lower air pressure
Thinner vocal folds
Constriction
If you force or push breath out you constrict. If there is too much muscle involvement the
false vocal folds with close and this affects the air passage and vibration of the true folds
giving a strained sound.
Less effort involved in pushing out breath the better, it allows the false vocal folds to be
released.
Fold Structure
Filter: the upper vocal tract (amplifies the sound when there is bigger space – soft palette)
Tongue has 8 muscle groups to give snake-like agility to make vowels - hydrostat
Consonants are made by a combination of tongue and lips – can’t have tongue root tension.
PERFECT VOICING:
1) Full vocal fold closure
2) Thick vocal fold setting
3) More space (raise soft palate)
4) Bit of twang
Vowel trapezium!!!!
The voice is powered by the air pressure in the lungs. The sounds source is the vocal folds
vibrating as air passes through. The upper vocal tract amplifies and filters this into sounds
that communicate language and emotion