Body Voice/Vocal Tech Flashcards
What provides the power in making sound?
Breath
What is the vibrator in making sound?
Larynx
What is the resonator in making sound?
Vocal Tract
What is sympathetic vibration?
Other parts of the body sympathetically resonant/vibrate due to the creation of vibration/soundwaves by the voice.
What are the features of vowels?
- Round
- Longer/Sustained
- Open
- Travel
- Resonators
What are the features of constants?
- Sharp/Percussive
- Shorter
- Closed
- Create sense and meaning
- Articulators
- Shaping Sounds
Types of Vowels
- Short
- Long
- Diphthongs
Types of Constants
- Voiced
- Unvoiced
What are Plosives?
Two articulators close then blow open
eg: D/B/K/T
What are Fricatives?
Two articulators close, causing friction, air flows through partial closure
eg: F/S/Z/CH/SH
What is a Nasal sound?
Oral Cavity is blocked off. Air and sound travel through nose.
eg: n/m/ng
Parts of the Pharynx?
Nasopharynx, Oropharynx, Laryngo Pharynx
What parts of the body are involved in breath?
Ribs, Diaphragm, Lungs, Intercostal muscles
Describe the organisation of the larynx/vocal folds.
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.
What are costovertebral joints?
They connect the ribs to the thoracic vertebrae of the spine.
What bones in the feet are involved in weight bearing?
Sesamoid bone = Big toe knuckle
Calcaneus bone = Heel Bone
What are the suspensory muscles of the larynx?
- Suprahyoid muscles (dangle larynx in throat)
- Infrahyoid muscles (tether larynx to throat)
- Hyoid bone (larynx hangs from this bone)
Functions of a warm-up
- Prepare Muscles for enhanced vocalisation
- Flexibility and Agility
- Activating Breath
- Prevent Injury
- Coordinate brain and body
- Transition through registers
How is sound produced?
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.
First system for upright support.
Extensors which maintain the length of the spine and support the trunk. Working in conjunction with the skeleton.
Second system for upright support.
Flexors maintain support of the trunk in conjunction with the spine.
Third system for upright support.
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.
What is the principle of antagonistic action?
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.
What is the role of the head and trunk organisation?
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.
