Vocal Unit

Question 1

Define overlaid function

Answer 1

Another word for speech because all the parts of our body that allow us to speak have other more important uses.

Question 2

What are the four processes of speech?

Answer 2

Respiration, phonation, resonation, articulation.

Question 3

Define respiration

Answer 3

The process by which air is taken into the lungs, so that our blood, can you receive the oxygen you need to survive.

Question 4

How many ways are there to increase the size of the chest cavity?

Answer 4

Three.

Question 5

Define clavicular breathing

Answer 5

Good for only staying alive done by raising your clavicle’s (your collar bones) allows for the elevation of the shoulders creating more space it only allows a small amount of air to be taken into the top part of the lungs.

Question 6

Define rib cage breathing

Answer 6

The rib cage is expanded, which draws in a larger amount of air into the lungs.

Question 7

Define diaphragmatic breathing

Answer 7

This is by far the most effective, this is done by contracting the diaphragm, taking in a large amount of air deep into the lungs.

Question 8

Why is diaphragmatic breathing important?

Answer 8

It allows the actor to make long speeches without gasping for breath.

Question 9

Define phonation

Answer 9

This is also known as making sound, and it is the second process of speech.

Question 10

What part of speech mechanism provides the vibration?

Answer 10

The air in the lungs is pushed out through the bronchial tubes and trachea as it passes through the larynx vocal folds are brought close enough together the passing stream of air causes them to vibrate and make sound.

Question 11

What is the larynx?

Answer 11

A small bundle of cartilage, muscles, tendons, and other tissues.

Question 12

Define resignation

Answer 12

This is making the sound louder and stronger

Question 13

 How can the pharynx be made larger?

Answer 13

By learning to relax the muscles of the throat.

Question 14

Define articulation

Answer 14

The process by which we take the created, and now, amplified sounds in shape them into meaningful words.

Question 15

What are the seven articulators?

Answer 15

Teeth, lips tongue, lower jaw, hard and soft palate the epiglottis.

Question 16

What are the four properties of tone?

Answer 16

Strength pitch time quality

Question 17

Define strength

Answer 17

The quality of voice commonly referred to as volume or loudness

Question 18

What does strength without strain mean?

Answer 18

Proper relaxation of the throat, muscles and proper diaphragmatic support will allow for a very strong voice without it sounding gravelly.

Question 19

Define pitch

Answer 19

How high or low a sound is

Question 20

How is pitch determined

Answer 20

The speed of the vibration producing the sound the faster than the vibration, the higher the pitch

Question 21

Define inflection

Answer 21

A word used to describe the vibrations in pitch during speech.

Question 22

What is a 3 inflections you can have

Answer 22

Rising inflection, falling inflection or a circumference inflection.

Question 23

What are the two parts of speech that can be timed?

Answer 23

The sound in the silences.

Question 24

What can long pauses do?

Answer 24

Please extra emphasis on sound that follow

Question 25

What are the six basic qualities?

Answer 25

Normal, nasal, oral, guttural, aspirate, orotund.

Question 26

What is the normal quality

Answer 26

The one most untrained speakers use in their daily lives

Question 27

What is nasal quality?

Answer 27

Created by allowing more air than normal to escape to the nose during speech, this quality is usually associated with unpleasant characters

Question 28

What is oral quality?

Answer 28

Produces a very light sound. This is associated with children and very old people. This is done when almost all residents comes from the oral cavity.

Question 29

What does guttural quality?

Answer 29

This is Raspy or gravely. It is often associated with rough characters. You must take care of that strain the voice when using his quality.

Question 30

What does aspirate quality?

Answer 30

This is often use it in combination with another quality for stage work pure aspirate quality requires that phonation, not take place producing a true whispered. A stage whisper allows plenty of air to escape around the edges of the voice.

Question 31

What is orotund quality?

Answer 31

Describe is the quality which is the richest, fullest and most resident that you can produce. This is possible for everyone despite genetics and it is important for everyone not just actors.