Week Seven

Question 1

What are the Jo Estill vocal qualities?

Answer 1

Speech

Sob/cry

Falsetto

Belt

Twang

Opera

Question 2

What is mixing?

Answer 2

How the length and shortness of your vocal folds can be overlayed with vocal fold vibration.

Question 3

What are some most common student issues?

Answer 3

• Unhelpful habits or beliefs
• Alignment
• Connection to body and breath
• Low soft palate
• Tension
• Anxiety, depression, mental health
• Fatigue
• Smoking, vaping, drinking, drugs
• Vocal use outside of performance
• Loss of voice, hoarseness
• Nodules

Question 4

What things can effect vocal function?

Answer 4

• Muscles
• posture
• Breathing
• Tongue use

Question 5

What is manual therapy?

Answer 5

• Voice massage
• Laryngeal manual therapy
• Intraoral therapy
• Other areas: Diaphragmatic release, back and neck, shoulders, TMJ

Question 6

What is the aim of voice massage?

Answer 6

• Identify and treat areas of restriction and address the reasons behind them

Question 7

Who might benefit from voice massage?

Answer 7

• Functional dysphonia’s (Muscle Tension Dysphonia)
• Pain or tension in the neck of laryngeal area
• High performance voice user
• Post vocal injury (recovering from nodule, surgery)
• Sensation of lump in the throat
• Jaw problems (locking, clicking)
• History of trauma in voice symptoms (whiplash, strangulation, shoulder injury, trauma - rugby players)
• Preventative care

Question 8

What are some stretches that can support the voice?

Answer 8

• Posture (neck shoulders, knees and pelvis)
• Voice (tongue root)
• Tongue (brush teeth)
• Jaw (self massage - scream stretch)
• Breathing (supine)