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Voice Presentation:

Articulation in Connection to the Actor


Articulation is the shaping and forming of sounds to create clear and audible words. Articulation is very important in performance; clarity is key in delivering speech and text, an actor has to posses the skill to deliver a line with both truth and emotion, as well as clarity and volume. This is where articulation becomes more than that of a baby learning to articulate their first dada, or any old conversational street talk; articulation for the performer starts with being aware of where, how and why articulation is used, for performance and its essentiality to the actor. 1. The where being: Where does articulation take place? 2. The how being; How does it happen? 3. And the why being; why is it important to articulate?

The Articulators:
Fixed and Mobile Articulators
Fixed Articulators: Hard palate, teeth, alveolar ridge

Mobile Articulators: Soft palate, tongue, jaw, lips

Voiced and Voiceless sounds Voiced sounds are created when the vocal folds are together and then are caused to vibrate when air is passed through them Voiceless sounds are created when the vocal folds are apart and air passes though them, not disturbing the folds are causing any vibrations from the vocal folds.

Places of Articulation

Creating the Sounds


Vocal Folds: The vocal folds vibrate to create sound waves that then are carried by the air, from exhalation , into the pharynx (commonly referred to as the throat)

Pharynx: In the pharynx, the air- carrying the waves- moves to the larynx
Larynx: Know as the voice box, the larynx is found at the top of the trachea, at the front of the neck, and it is protected by a cartilage (an Adams apple) ands it is really what determines the tone (unique quality of voice that each individual has) Trachea: The trachea what is familiarly known as the windpipe, and in voice production;

The Importance of Posture


The Spine: Neutral Position: Warm up and stretching:

Relaxation:

Vocal Care and Exercises


What can go wrong and why: Exercises and their purpose:

Does and Donts of Voice Care: Do breath through the nose- less dust and bacteria gets into the body because of the defence of the nasal hair trapping the dust and also breathing through the nose is better for your resonation as it clears your sinuses

References:
Where is the larynx, and what does it do? All content 2011 Merseyside & Cheshire Cancer Network http://www.mccn.nhs.uk/patients/cancer-types/larynx/where-is-the-larynx.php

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