Vocal lesson on Pace

I was in a pair with Stephen to come up with some exercises to develop the understanding of pace that could be taken as a 10 minute lesson for the rest of our course.


we used the following exercises:

walking increasing speed - understand everyone has their own rhythm/pace.

breathing technique - understand how the diaphragm works.

tongue twisters - allow everyone in groups to try out pacing tongue twisters.


I feel that the lesson went well but in future when lead group exercises the groups will be chosen for them so that groups are more on task.

Physiology of the Voice Lesson Notes

Anatomy is the word used when naming parts of the body.
Physiology is how they work.


Main Anatomy Aspects:
Lungs, diaphragm, intercostal. = Actuators = where it starts.
Voice box - larynx. = Vibrator = where the sound is created.
Throat -(pharynx, mouth, lips, teeth, nose. = Resonators = develops the sound into words and sentences.


Other Key Words:
Abduction - The vocal cords being spread apart this happens while breathing.
Adduction - The vocal cords coming together this happens while speaking and singing.