Developing Your Voice Vocabulary Flashcards
Relaxation
Freedom from all bodily tensions
Posture
How we sit or stand
Breathing
The necessary process of inhaling and exhaling air to live
Diaphragm
the muscle located between the abdomen and the rib cage
Breath Control
The amount of force you use in inhaling and exhaling
Quality
The voice element that makes one person sound different from everyone else
Pitch
The musical tone of a voice
Vocal Folds
Muscular membranes in the larynx that produce sound
Inflection
the rising and falling of pitch that adds meaning, color, and rhythm to spoken words
Flexibility
The process of varying inflections of the voice
Poise
The effective control of all voice elements and body movements
Articulation
The shaping and molding of sound into syllables
Pronunciation
the way sounds or syllables are said according to the proper notation in the dictionary
Diction
A person’s pronunciation of words
Dialect
A pronunciation of words from different languages blended together to form a distinct language for a group of people
