The complete voice & speech workout : the documentation and recording of an oral tradition for the purpose of training and practices / edited by Janet B. Rodgers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rodgers, Janet

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Oral tradition.

Voice culture--Exercises.

Voice culture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (117 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Complete voice & speech workout : 74 exercises for classroom and studio use

Complete voice and speech workout

Place of Publication:

Milwaukee, WI : Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, 2002.

Summary:

QED - INSPIRED BY WRITINGS OF RICHARD FEYNMAN AND TUVA OR BUST! BY RALPH LEIGH.

Contents:

The Complete Voice &amp

Speech Workout

Contents

Introduction How to Use This Book

Chapter 1 Getting to Know Your Voice

Exercise 1 Sign In

Exercise 2 The Voice Speaks

Exercise 3 The Name Game

Exercise 4 Tell Me About the Time You ...

Chapter 2 Stretching, Centering, Releasing, and Aligning

Exercise 1 Neck Stretches

Exercise 2 Rest Position

Exercise 3 Side Stretches at the Barre

Exercise 4 Advanced Triangle Pose

Exercise 5 Balance and Alignment Using the Wall

Exercise 6 Twelve-Step Program for Release of Neck, Jaws, and Shoulders

Exercise 7 Tennis Ball Torture

Chapter 3 Breathing and Supporting

Exercise 1 Breath Exercise

Exercise 2 Breath Journal

Exercise 3 Gentle-Warm Up for Breath and Body

Exercise 4 Legs on the Chair Breathing Exercise

Exercise 5 The "Hey!" Breath Exercise

Exercise 6 Straw Work

Exercise 7 Breath Flow

Exercise 8 Awareness in the Sitting Position

Chapter 4 Resonating

Exercise 1 Defining the Vowel Space: The Front/Back Glide and Open/Close Slide

Exercise 2 Throat and Neck Release on Sound

Exercise 3 Combining Nasal Resonance with Creative Impulse

Exercise 4 Healing Touch

Exercise 5 Giving Voice to Your Hunger

Exercise 6 Gliding and Sliding

Exercise 7 To Glottalize or Not to Glottalize

Exercise 8 The Wailing Routine

Exercise 9 Honing the Toning

Exercise 10 Hum and Chew - Versions One and Two

Exercise 11 Improvisation from Primitive Sound

Exercise 12 Vocal Mirrors

Exercise 13 Woo Woe

Exercise 14 The "Ha"

Exercise 15 The Wizard of Oz

Chapter 5 Articulating

Exercise 1 The Medial [t]

Exercise 2 Tongue on the Wet Part of the Lower Lip

Exercise 3 Consonant Conga

Exercise 4 The Joshua Steele Exercise

Exercise 5 Quick Articulator Warm-Up

Exercise 6 Moving Sound

Chapter 6 Exploring Pitch.

Exercise 1 Inflection Exercise

Exercise 2 Pitch Stretching

Exercise 3 The Anaconda

Exercise 4 Sirens

Exercise 5 Singing Exercise for Line Melody

Chapter 7 Projecting and Calling

Exercise 1 I Can't Hear You

Exercise 2 The Speaker Exercise

Exercise 3 The "Mommy" Exercise

Chapter 8 Integrating Voice, Breath, and Text.

Exercise 1 The Deal and the Truth

Exercise 2 Dueling Choruses

Exercise 3 Painting the Text

Exercise 4 The Voice Outdoors

Exercise 5 Building a Wall

Exercise 6 The Glove Game

Exercise 7 The "Stupid!" Exercise

Exercise 8 The Conduit

Exercise 9 Breathing Out the End of the Thought Phrase

Exercise 10 Key Word Ball Toss

Exercise 11 Listening/Breathing Transition to Text

Exercise 12 Lessac's Consonant Orchestra Scenes

Exercise 13 Act Every Word

Exercise 14 Core Belief Exercise

Chapter 9 Integrating Voice and Movement

Exercise 1 Gossip Hoeing

Exercise 2 Voice Leading the Body

Exercise 3 Connections

Exercise 4 Jog and Sound

Exercise 5 Elephant Walking Chant

Exercise 6 Chewing Gum Bubble

Exercise 7 Across the Floor

Exercise 8 Emotional Flow

Chapter 10 Exploring Character Voices and Dialects

Exercise 1 The Mendlshon Twins Exercise

Exercise 2 Developing Harmonic Timbre Through the Animal Matrix

Exercise 3 The Portrait Project

Exercise 4 Boxer-Briefs

Appendix List of Contributors and Exercises

Audio Track Listing .

Biographies.

Notes:

"Exercises contributed by members of the Voice and Speech Trainers Association."

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ISBN:

1-4768-4778-9

OCLC:

1105324514