1. UNDERSTANDING OF THE HUMAN VOICE AS AN INSTRUMENT OF THE ACTOR
THE VOICE OF THE ACTOR
UNDERSTANDING OF THE HUMAN VOICE AS AN INSTRUMENT OF THE ACTOR

2. The Human Head

3. SINUSES
HARD PALATE
NASAL CAVITY
UVULA
TONGUE
VELUM (SOFT PALATE)
ORAL CAVITY
LIPS
PHARYNX
EPIGLOTTIS
TEETH
ESOPHAGUS
LARYNX
TRACHEA
GLOTTIS (VOCAL FOLDS)

4. VOCAL WARM-UP SEVEN STEPS 10-20 MINUTE DAILY PROCESS
DISCOVERY OF THE VOICE AS A FLEXIBLE INSTRUMENT WITH VARIETY FOR THE ACTOR

5. WAKE-UP Solo Stretches and yawns Yoga Four corners Zip-Zap-Zop Wha!
2-4 minutes

6. VOCAL FOLDS
Phonation Threshold (the moment when you begin to make sound)
Breathy vs. fully voiced
Hmmm
Loosen lips—bbbbbbbb
This can be combined with the wake-up to save time
2 minutes

7. EXTREMES Chest Resonance Mm Lower pitches Head up and back
Shakes and shimmies
Bent knees
Tarzan
1-2 minutes each Mm
Lilting
Tongue out
Mmmmmeeee
Hhheee
Jerry Lewis
Nasal singing

8. BLENDING EXTREMES HEY Elevator 1-10 box (up, across, down, across)
Roller coaster
Arm swings
1 minute

9. BREATH SUPPORT ABS! Breath support is the abdominal wall working
Belly moves in as sound comes out
Resistance-
push on something
plank stance
Leg lifts
Stomach crunch
Feel the push of your abs to get the sound out.
1-3 minutes

10. ARTICULATION Tongue stretches Whisper with over articulation
Betty Botter and other tongue twisters
BUH-DUH-GUH-BUH
Tea-two, tay-two, toe-two, tie-two
3 minutes

11. TEXT Perform text with an awareness of your voice
Walking- changing directions with each shift
Explore other steps of warm-up with text
2 minutes