0805 – Your Physical Health

2023.03.16 – 0805 – Your Physical Health In the previous chapter we looked at your vocal zones and how looking after them affects the way you sound. Earlier in the course we discussed the ‘art of breathing’ and how sitting and standing ‘properly’, affects how you sound. Now, we’ll take a look at the wider body and its effect on your voice, including the physical tensions you need – and the ones you don’t! Each of our voices sound different partly because of how we produce our own sound: our physique, the tension settings of the muscles, the pressure we put on the vocal folds and so on. All this has a huge effect on the sound, the stamina and the general health of our voices. For example, if we speak with too much throat constriction, a tightly pulled-back tongue, a clenched jaw or thick, stiff vocal folds, it is likely that these patterns will have an effect on the way our throat feels and how our voice works and on the health of our vocal folds themselves. And what’s the point getting a better voice, if you can’t guarantee it’ll be there when you want it? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.