Is your voice telling on you? : how to find and use your natural voice / Daniel R. Boone.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boone, Daniel R., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Voice culture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

Third edition.

Place of Publication:

San Diego, California : Plural Publishing, Inc., 2016.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Is your voice telling on you?...what does your voice sound like?

Basic mechanisms needed for a normal voice...a look at our voice equipment

Enemies of a natural voice...emotional, environmental, and physical factors

You and your natural voice...ten things one may do to prevent using your natural voice

To breathe or not to breathe...tips for automatic and intentional breathing

Loud enough or too loud?...your voice has a loudness control

The well-aimed pitch...use a pitch where it ought to be

Is your voice in focus?...too high, too low, too forward, too back

Talking through your nose...too little (denasality) or too much (hypernasality)

Your emotions and your voice...minimizing emotional signs in your voice

Stage fright and related fears...learning how to control certain fears and stress

Your voice on phones and other electronic gadgetry...keeping the natural voice on phones, tablets, apps, and what have you

The female voice...developing a feminine speaking style

The male voice...developing a masculine speaking style

Ten steps for keeping your natural voice...the book in review

Professional help for voice problems...physician, speech-language pathologist

psychologist, singing teacher, vocal coach.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-59756-945-3