Our Ambitions for singing with Kim - 12th September 2014
In today's lesson with Kim we all discussed what we want to learn from her singing classes. What I mostly wanted was to get more confident with performing in front of an audience. We then got into groups and prepared a presentation of our ambitions in the class and what we know about singing skills for actors and dancers already.
Singing skills with Kim - 19th September 2014
In todays lesson we learnt more about the basic skills for a singer to have. We learnt about intervals, we did an exercise where we had to sing the intervals back to Kim that she played on the piano. I found it challenging where we had to jump from the bottom of the scale straight to the top of it. We also touched on intonation, this is where you match your tune and pitch to the notes. We then finished by singing 'Don't stop believing'. We were split into two groups and had to compete to project our voices the most.
Singing Skills
The Anatomy of the Voice
as we inhale air our diaphragm muscle contracts causing the lungs to expand and air to be drawn into the lungs. As we exhale our diaphragm will relax and move upward reducing the size of the lungs and causing air to be let out from the lungs.
Vocal Terms:
Vocal system - the upper part of the human repertory system, it is used to eat, speak, breathe and sing
Pharynx - part of the throat behind the mouth, it is used for producing sound, it splits into two muscles
Trachea - Known as a windpipe, sends air to the lungs and it usually permanently open.
Oesophagus - allows food to travel past the Pharynx, only opens when swallowing.
Larynx - known as the voice box, organ helps breathing, and sound by manipulating pitch and tone.
Vocal Cords - small membranes that open when you breathe in and are closed as you speak and sing
Phonation - the process of making vocal sound.
How our breathing becomes sound.
1. Air comes out of our lungs, through the trachea, and into the larynx.
2. The air makes the vocal folds vibrate.
3. When the vocal folds vibrate, they alternately trap air and release it.
4. Each release sends a little puff of air into the pharynx; each puff of air is the beginning of a sound wave
5. The sound wave is enhanced as it travels through the pharynx; by the time it leaves the mouth, it sounds like a voice.
The vocal chords
The Vocal Chords, are the known name of the folds of membranous tissue, which projects protects the larynx to form a slit across the glottis in the throat, this is what vibrates in the throat to produce the voice. The cords in the vocal box to vibrate which creates the sound that your mouth controls to change the sound.
The Larynx
The larynx is the hollow organ which allows air to pass to the lungs and hold all of the vocal cords to the body. These are located with the vocal cords at the top of the trachea. They open during inhalation, and then when you swallow the close, to stop foods and liquids to not pass through.
The vocal chords
The Vocal Chords, are the known name of the folds of membranous tissue, which projects protects the larynx to form a slit across the glottis in the throat, this is what vibrates in the throat to produce the voice. The cords in the vocal box to vibrate which creates the sound that your mouth controls to change the sound.
The Larynx
The larynx is the hollow organ which allows air to pass to the lungs and hold all of the vocal cords to the body. These are located with the vocal cords at the top of the trachea. They open during inhalation, and then when you swallow the close, to stop foods and liquids to not pass through.
Hi Luke,
ReplyDeleteYou've got a couple of lessons to write up, and the next sections of the vocal skills project to get going on. You need to cover: Vocal exercises/games, and how these exercises develop vocal technique. Have another look on the blog homepage for all the details of the project.