Body Voice/Vocal Tech

Question 1

What provides the power in making sound?

Answer 1

Breath

Question 2

What is the vibrator in making sound?

Answer 2

Larynx

Question 3

What is the resonator in making sound?

Answer 3

Vocal Tract

Question 4

What is sympathetic vibration?

Answer 4

Other parts of the body sympathetically resonant/vibrate due to the creation of vibration/soundwaves by the voice.

Question 5

What are the features of vowels?

Answer 5

• Round
• Longer/Sustained
• Open
• Travel
• Resonators

Question 6

What are the features of constants?

Answer 6

• Sharp/Percussive
• Shorter
• Closed
• Create sense and meaning
• Articulators
• Shaping Sounds

Question 7

Types of Vowels

Answer 7

• Short
• Long
• Diphthongs

Question 8

Types of Constants

Answer 8

• Voiced

- Unvoiced

Question 9

What are Plosives?

Answer 9

Two articulators close then blow open

eg: D/B/K/T

Question 10

What are Fricatives?

Answer 10

Two articulators close, causing friction, air flows through partial closure

eg: F/S/Z/CH/SH

Question 11

What is a Nasal sound?

Answer 11

Oral Cavity is blocked off. Air and sound travel through nose.

eg: n/m/ng

Question 12

Parts of the Pharynx?

Answer 12

Nasopharynx, Oropharynx, Laryngo Pharynx

Question 13

What parts of the body are involved in breath?

Answer 13

Ribs, Diaphragm, Lungs, Intercostal muscles

Question 14

Describe the organisation of the larynx/vocal folds.

Answer 14

The larynx is housed in the thyroid cartilage.
The vocal folds are situated in a v shape on the inside of the thyroid cartilage.
The end of the vocal folds is attached to moveable arytenoid cartilage.
The arytenoid cartilage sits on top of the cricoid cartilage (ring).
The space in between the vocal folds is called the glottis.
The false vocal folds protect the true vocal folds.

Question 15

What are costovertebral joints?

Answer 15

They connect the ribs to the thoracic vertebrae of the spine.

Question 16

What bones in the feet are involved in weight bearing?

Answer 16

Sesamoid bone = Big toe knuckle

Calcaneus bone = Heel Bone

Question 17

What are the suspensory muscles of the larynx?

Answer 17

• Suprahyoid muscles (dangle larynx in throat)
• Infrahyoid muscles (tether larynx to throat)
• Hyoid bone (larynx hangs from this bone)

Question 18

Functions of a warm-up

Answer 18

• Prepare Muscles for enhanced vocalisation
• Flexibility and Agility
• Activating Breath
• Prevent Injury
• Coordinate brain and body
• Transition through registers

Question 19

How is sound produced?

Answer 19

The vocal folds move together. When we breathe out, the air travels through the vocal folds the causing them to vibrate. The sound is amplified in resonate chambers. Sound waves are produced which are detected by the human ear.

Question 20

First system for upright support.

Answer 20

Extensors which maintain the length of the spine and support the trunk. Working in conjunction with the skeleton.

Question 21

Second system for upright support.

Answer 21

Flexors maintain support of the trunk in conjunction with the spine.

Question 22

Third system for upright support.

Answer 22

The outer layers of the back muscles that support the ribs and shoulder girdle.
Allow flexibility in the rib cage and are dependant of the other two muscles systems.
Include Trapezius and Latissimus dorsi.

Question 23

What is the principle of antagonistic action?

Answer 23

The head and spine act as spacers/counteract the pull of the muscles. This ensures the muscles lengthen instead of shorten due to the effects of gravity.

When muscles work antagonistically it creates expansive support which leaves the rib cage unconstricted freeing the breath. Coordinating perfectly with the larynx and therefore opening the throat.

Question 24

What is the role of the head and trunk organisation?

Answer 24

The head leads the body, which lengthens to produce upward support. This is the support system round which all the vocal systems are organised around and is the main organizing principle in movement.