ANATOMY OF Voice How To Enhance And Project Your Best Voice

• Main Author: Germain, Blandine Calais (Author)
• Other Authors: Germain, François (co-author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Rochester, Vermont Healing Arts Press 2016
• Subjects: Voice > Physiological aspects; Human mechanics.
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An illustrated guide to the dynamic physiological structures that create and individualize the voice. Explores the structures of the vocal tract and their functional relationships to the entire musculoskeletal system with detailed drawings. Examines the components of the larynx and pharynx, the effe...

Table of Contents:

• Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction - Some Rules for Describing Movement
• The Vocal Apparatus
• The Moving Body (Including Static Posture), Breathing Body, and Vocal Body
• 2. The Skeleton of the Voice
• The Spine: The Link between the Trunk, Neck, and Head
• The Three Major "Blocks": Pelvis, Rib Cage, Head
• The First Major Block: The Pelvis
• The Second Major Block: The Rib Cage
• the Transformable Block
• The Third Major Block: The Head
• the Vocal Skull
• 3. The Generator
• Introduction
• The Two Cavities
• The Organs of Respiration and the Surrounding Area
• The Muscles of Respiration and the Voice
• The Expiratory Muscles: The Muscles That Produce the Vocal Breath
• The Inspiratory Muscles
• The Postural Muscles: Support for the Generator
• 4. The Larynx
• The Larynx: The Source of Voice
• The Laryngeal Cartilages
• Ligaments and Membranes
• The Laryngeal Joints
• The Intrinsic Muscles of the Larynx
• The Laryngeal Mucosa
• The Three Levels of the Larynx
• The Extrinsic Muscles of the Larynx
• 5. The Vocal Tract
• The Vocal Tract in the Neck
• The Pharynx
• The Mouth
• The Soft Palate
• The Tongue
• The Lips
• The Nose and the Nasal Cavities
• The Ears
• 6. Some Terms Used in the Vocal Professions
• Matter
• Gas and Pressure
• From Pressure to Sound
• Pitch, Intensity, and Duration of Sound
• Timbre