Voice Production Flashcards
What is the Trachea?
The windpipe
What is the Larynx?
The voice box
What is the Pharynx?
A long, muscular tube which extends upwards from the larynx
What things create speech in the mouth?
The jaw, tongue, lips, hard palate and soft palate
What is the jaw?
- Forms the floor of the oral resonator
- Is attached to the face with hinge joints
What is the tongue?
- Lies on the floor of the oral resonator
- Is capable of fast and intricate movements
- Movement is created in different areas depending on which sound you make
What are the lips?
- The exit of the oral resonator
- Direct and shape the breath stream
What is the hard palate?
- Arched bone structure
- Separates oral cavity and nasal cavity
- Forms the roof of the mouth
What is the soft palate?
- The back third of the roof of the mouth
- The back edge of the soft palate is free, and can move up and down
- Controls flow of air through mouth and nose
What is vocal resonance?
The amplification of sound as it passes through the pharynx, mouth and nose. It is what gives your voice texture and makes it sound different to other people’s voices.
What are the three types of resonance?
Nasal resonance, head resonance, and chest resonance
What is nasal resonance?
When air passes directly through the nose (m, n, ng)
What is head resonance?
When you feel vibrations from higher notes in your head
What is chest resonance?
When you feel vibrations from lower notes from your chest
What is projection?
The volume of your speech
