Test 1

Question 1

Posture

Answer 1

Feet shoulder length apart
Shoulders back and relaxed
Sternum high
Ribs high and open
Head up and back
Stand tall
Straight/aligned spine
No tension

Question 2

Breath is…

Answer 2

Low
Expansive
Diaphragmatic

Question 3

How to support the tone

Answer 3

Manage the exhalation process
(Release air slowly, smoothly and steadily)

Question 4

External intercostals

Answer 4

For inhalation

Question 5

Internal Intercostals

Answer 5

For exhalation

Question 6

Resonance is

Answer 6

Space

Question 7

How to achieve resonance:

Answer 7

Manipulate space in the pharynx
1) lift the palate
2) head up and back
3) drop jaw at the back

Question 8

Vowels should be

Answer 8

Long, tall, vertical

Question 9

Consonants (diction) should be

Answer 9

Crisp, aggressive, quick

Question 10

Moment of inhalation
4 steps

Answer 10

1) head pitch in your head
2) create resonating space
3) know/feel/express characters emotions
4) breath correctly and support

Question 11

Asperit

Answer 11

Start tone with an ‘h’ or breathy sound

Question 12

Glottal

Answer 12

Slap chords together (like a grunt)

Question 13

Silent / Smooth

Answer 13

Start with silent breath. Also Silent ‘h’

Question 14

Cheek bone muscles

Answer 14

Zygomatics

Question 15

[i]

Answer 15

ee

Question 16

[e]

Answer 16

Eh

Question 17

[a]

Answer 17

Ah

Question 18

[>] (sideways u)

Answer 18

Oh

Question 19

[u]

Answer 19

Oo

Question 20

Dipthong

Answer 20

2 different vowel sounds that ‘glide’ together

Question 21

How to sing a dipthong

Answer 21

Hold onto the 1st vowel and just hint (or ignore) the second vowel

Question 22

Legato

Answer 22

To sing smoothly and connected in one continuous line of sound

Question 23

How to sing legato (3 things)

Answer 23

1) breath
2) vowels
3) consonants

Question 24

The Warm Up
Why and When

Answer 24

Why: to prepare the body/voice/brain for singing/talking properly

When: start of day

Question 25

Diaphragm

Answer 25

Respiration muscle

Question 26

Larynx

Answer 26

The voice box

Question 27

Pharynx

Answer 27

Space above your larynx

Question 28

Vocal fatigue?

Answer 28

No talking
Lots of fluids
Sleep

Question 29

Trachea

Answer 29

Windpipe
Connects bronchii to under larynx

Question 30

Elements of a musical instrument

Answer 30

Actuator - source of power/breath
Vibrator - vocal chords
Resonator - larynx and pharynx

Question 31

Vocal health

Answer 31

8-10 h sleep
Good diet
Water
Vitamin d and c
Reduce stress

Question 32

Lifting the palate strategies

Answer 32

Puppies!
Smell the roses (zygomatics!)
‘Kah’ on inhale

Question 33

Laryngeal positions

Answer 33

Low - talking while bored
Mid - good speech habits
High - contemp character sound