1. Chapter 3 Stage & School Textbook
Voice & Diction
Chapter 3
Stage & School Textbook

2. Standard & Objectives Communication
Essential Standard – B.C.1 – Use movement, voice, & writing to communicate ideas & feelings.
Objective – B.C.1.1 – Use non-verbal expression to illustrate how human emotion affects the body and is conveying through the body.
Essential Standard – B.C.1 – Use movement, voice, & writing to communicate ideas & feelings.
Objective – B.C Apply elements volume, pitch, rate, tone articulation & vocal expression.

3. Vocabulary Quality - Individual sound of a particular voice
Resonance – Vibrant tone produced when sound waves strike the chambers of the throat, head, nose, & mouth
Nasality – When vowel sounds are diverted from the oral cavity into the nasal cavity, cutting down resonance and leaving the voice flat
Pitch – The relative highness or lowness of a voice at any given time
Inflection – Variety in pitch
Monotone – Speaking continuously on one level
Volume – The strength, force, or intensity with which sound is made

4. Vocabulary Rate – Speed at which words are spoken
Diction – Selection & pronunciation of words & their combination in speech
Schwa – Vowel sound in an unstressed syllable is often pronounced as a “uh”
Voiceless – Term that describes a sound that is produced without the vibration of the vocal folds.
Voiced - Term that describes a sound that is produced with the vibration of the vocal folds.
Pronunciation – Manner in which vowel & consonant sounds are produced & accents are placed on syllables

5. The Vocal Tract

6. More Terms to Know
Explosive – One of the two basic vocal forces, created by a sudden release of breath pressure
Exhalation – The act of breathing air out of the lungs
Fricative Consonant – Type of consonant that is produced when the air passage narrows and a slight friction results, ex…. F in foot
Nasal Consonant – Type of consonant that is produced when the mouth is completely closed & the soft palate is lowered, forcing air through the noise.
Inhalation – Act of breathing air into the lungs.
International Phonetic Alphabet – System of pronunciation created to represent the sounds found in all language

7. Even More Terms to Know
Expulsive – One of the two basic vocal forces; created when breath pressure is held steady and the breath is released gradually
Swallowing Words – Speaking while the throat is closed by tension or while breath is being controlled carelessly
Range – Span between the highest & lowest notes on the music scale that one can reach without straining
Optimum Pitch – Middle point of a range, it is often two or three notes lower than a normal speaking voice
Onomatopoeia – Term of words whose sounds suggests suggest their meaning ex.. Boom or Crash
Plosive Consonant – Type of consonant that is produced when air is stopped and then suddenly released, ex….p in path

8. Questions to answer & turn in Use the Stage & School book
CHAPTER THREE READ PAGES 62 THROUGH 93 AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS ACCORDINGLY. 
HOW IS VOICE PRODUCED?  
WHY ARE VOWELS SO IMPORTANT TO A GOOD VOICE & DICTION?
WHAT ARE TWO TYPES OF FORCE DEALING WITH VOLUME?  
HOW ARE CONSONANT SOUNDS MADE?  
WHAT FIVE PRINCIPLES GUIDE CONSCIENTIOUS ACTORS IN VOICE AND DICTION?
HOW CAN YOU DEVELOP ARICH , STRONG, AND INTERESTING STAGE VOICE?