What does volume mean?
How loud or quiet your voice is
The note you speak on
How big your hair is onstage
What is a vocal tone?
The note that you speak on
The emotional quality of the voice
Adding pauses to your speech to make it interesting
What is the musical note that you speak on called?
Dynamic
Pitch
Resonance
What is speech that is all on one note called?
Monotone
Monodynamic
Flat-pitched
What does the term good diction mean?
Having a wide range of pitch so the voice is interesting to listen to
Using a range of pace in speech
Speech that is well pronounced and has clarity
What does good diction depend on?
Articulation
Breathing
Vocal tone
What does the breath do?
It supports the sound you make so that the voice has power and resonance
It gives the voice a softer tone
It allows you to whisper loudly onstage
What is the name of the muscle below the rib cage that supports the breath?
The stomach muscle
The core muscle
The diaphragm
What is chest resonance?
When sound vibrates in the chest area
When tension is held in the chest area
When the sound catches in the chest so that it does not come out properly
What happens to the diaphragm as you breathe in?
It expands, forcing the ribs outwards as the lungs fill
It contracts, pulling downwards to increase the volume of the chest and air is sucked into the lungs.
It moves downwards and leaves more space for resonance in the body