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What are the bones in the spine called?
Vertebrae
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What is their purpose?
To support the body
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How many pairs of vertebrae are there in the thorax?
Twelve: seven pairs join with the sternum, three pairs join up and are attached with cartilage to the seventh pair of ribs and there are two pairs of floating ribs.
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What are the muscles called in-between the ribs?
The intercostal muscles
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What is the diaphragm?
The diaphragm is a domed shaped muscle
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What is the diaphragm?
The diaphragm is a domed shaped muscle that divides the chest and the abdomen. It is attached to the lower edges of the ribcage, the point of the sternum and at the back of the vertebrae.
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Where are the abdominal muscles?
Across the stomach
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What happens to the intercostal muscles when breathing in occurs?
They contract moving the ribs upward and outwards.
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What happens to the diaphragm when breathing in occurs?
The diaphragm flattens
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What happens within the chest cavity to cause the lungs to inflate?
As the area inside the chest increases allowing the lungs to inflate, the air pressure reduces and to equalize the pressure air rushes in to the lungs through the mouth or nose.
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Where does air enter into the body?
Through the nose or mouth
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What is breathing in called?
Inhalation
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What is breathing out called?
Exhalation
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When we exhale what happens? There are five actions that you must know.
The muscles come together at the same time to support the release of breath; The abdominal muscles contract; The diaphragm rises; The rib cage returns to its normal position as the intercostal muscles relax; The lungs are compressed + air flows out
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What is support?
Support is having the right amount of abdominal pressure to create the right amount of breath force for the sound you want to use.
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Why is being able to support your voice a useful skill?
It is useful to be able to project your voice across a large space or to sustain the voice over a long phrase.
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What are relaxation exercises and why are they important?
Relaxation exercises are used to correct alignment and to make the actor aware of areas of tension in the body that may interfere with good vocal technique. They allow the actor to become aware of the breath travelling in and out of the body.
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Where is your centre?
Your centre is an imaginary point below your navel.
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What is clavicular breathing?
Clavicular breathing occurs when the ribs move upwards but not outwards when breathing in, holding air in the upper lungs raising the shoulders.
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How do you avoid clavicular breathing?
Make sure your spine is lengthened and your shoulders neck and jaw are free from tension. Relaxation exercises are useful to achieve this.
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Where does voice begin?
Voice begins with an impulse from the brain.
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What are the two elements required to produce voice?
A flow of air and a vibration
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Where is the larynx?
The larynx or voice box is located in the upper part of the trachea.
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What is the larynx's primary body function?
To protect the airway and prevent anything falling inside the trachea for example food or water.
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What happens within the voice box (larynx) when we use our voice?
We close two bands of muscular tissue in the larynx - these are called the vocal folds – across the air flow.
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How do the vocal folds generate sound?
The out breath causes the edges of the folds to vibrate.
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Where is the trachea?
In the throat
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Where is the epiglottis?
The epiglottis is located above the opening to the larynx.
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How is sound turned into speech?
Sound is turned into speech by using the organs of articulation
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What are the organs of articulation?
These are the tongue, the teeth, the teeth ridge, the lips and the hard and soft palates.
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What is a vowel sound?
A vowel sound is an unobstructed sound formed by the changing shape of the mouth.
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What is a consonant?
A consonant is an obstructed sound formed by using the organs of articulation.
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What is resonance?
Resonance is the strengthening and amplification of a vocal note. The quality and texture of that note depends on the amount of resonance given in each of the different resonators.
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Where is the pharyngeal resonator?
This is the long muscular tube which extends upwards from the larynx ending at the back of the throat.It is the first resonating space the note will reach. The pharynx can change its shape and size. You must try to ‘open your throat’ to increase your
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Where is the oral resonator?
The oral resonator is in the mouth. The lower jaw is the floor of the oral resonator The tongue lies on the floor of it. The lips form the exit of the oral resonator. The hard palate forms the roof of the oral resonator; the soft palate is the back d
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What is forward projection?
This is when the breath force used is strong enough to bounce the sound off the hard palate and out through the lips.
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Where is the nasal resonator?
In the nose
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What are the two types of nasal resonance?
Firstly there is the nasal resonance caused by air passing into the nasal cavity this can be heard on the ‘m’ ‘n’ and ‘ng’ sound in the English language. Secondly the note hits the hard palate behind the teeth and the sound vibrations are carried
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How do you balance resonance?
This is achieved by balancing the use of all the resonators without over using any one in particular.
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Name the six parts of the tongue
The tip, blade, front, centre, back and root of the tongue.
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What is head resonance?
This is the vibrations felt in in the head when sound is produced.
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What is chest resonance?
This is the vibration caused in the chest when sound is produced.
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Why are they called secondary resonators?
They are not official resonators as the vibrations come from the pharyngeal, oral and nasal resonators.
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What is projection?
Projection involves three things: Audibility, Intelligibility and mental projection.
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What is audibility?
Audibility is strong supported breath and forward placement of resonance (air and sound brought forward using the hard palate as a sounding board).
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What is intelligibility?
Intelligibility is clarity of speech created by lip and tongue muscularity i.e. precise articulation. The use of appropriate modulation and emphasis.
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What is mental projection?
Mental projection is engaging with the audience by commanding their attention ensuring that the emotion is conveyed to the audience.
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