EMT 1 Flashcards
What is Kinaesthetic Perception
It indicates where the muscles are working and how they are working
What is Magnitude Estimation
The perception of work. It corresponds to objective measurements of that work
Effort is….
The voltage of the voice production system
Kinaesthetic sense combined with auditory sense…
Helps to maximise voice motor control
What is Breath in the Power-Source-Filter diagram
Lungs and Torso. Breath is Power- it draws TVFs into vibration.
What is ‘Source’ in the Power-Source-Filter diagram
Tone. Larynx- TVFs. TVF vibration generates a pitch and overtones
What is ‘Filter’ in the Power-Source-Filter diagram
Resonance. Vocal tract structures which process the frequency components of the voice into patterns recognised as vowels, consonants and voice qualities.
What are the Guiding Principles of Estill Voice Training
- Estill Voice Training has no aesthetic bias
- All qualities are acceptable as long as vocal health is not jeopardized
- Everyone has a beautiful voice
Describe Voice Quality
Voice quality is the characteristic of an individual voice or style of voicing, independent of speech sounds, pitch, and loudness. The term quality does not imply good or bad.
What is Dynamical Systems Theory
Dynamical Systems Theory describes the relationship that exists amongst the physical, environmental, and behavioral properties of motor (muscle and movement) control.
What is an attractor state
It is used in dynamical systems theory to describe a condition of stability during motor tasks
What are the Guidelines for Monitoring Effort
- Locate the Effort
- Assign it a Number
- Hold the Number
- Perform the Relaxation Maneuvers
What are the Relaxation Maneuvers
1) Breathe, to release tension in vocal folds
2) Massage face, lips, to release tension in facial muscles
3) Walk briskly, to release tension in breathing muscles
4) Roll tongue around teeth, to release tension in tongue
5) Chew, to release tension in jaw
6) Make short, soft vowels, to release tensions associated with voicing
7) Speak normally, to release tensions associated with speech
8) Sing an / ŋ / (“ng” in English), to release tensions associated with singing
9) Add music or monologue, to release tensions associated with complex vocal tasks
What are the Rules for Monitoring Effort in Vocalisation
- Maintain most-comfortable-vocal-effort (MCVE) at the level of the true vocal folds
- Distinguish vocal trauma from muscle ache
- Listen harder to the muscles than the voice
- No Figure is mastered until all extraneous tensions have been released
- Monitoring Effort requires constant attention
- Hold the Number to the end of the breath
