Thanks for posting this. I sing and narrate nonfiction but I also do many voices and accents as a character actor. I need all the help I can get visualizing the different placements of words and...
Thanks for posting this. I sing and narrate nonfiction but I also do many voices and accents as a character actor. I need all the help I can get visualizing the different placements of words and sounds, glottal stops and fricatives.
The generative impulse of all these different sounds comes from somewhere deeper than the larynx though. Sometimes it’s a matter of holding a specific image or sound in my head while speaking that character’s voice. Sometimes it’s shifting how I sit or imagining how this person would walk.
The video shows an MRI of someone speaking and then someone singing. Pretty amazing to see all the coordinated movement needed to do something that I (and I suspect most people) largely take for...
The video shows an MRI of someone speaking and then someone singing. Pretty amazing to see all the coordinated movement needed to do something that I (and I suspect most people) largely take for granted.
I debated about posting this to ~talk, but thought maybe it was too meta.
This may just be the shortest, but most fascinating video I've ever seen. I'm tempted to send it to a few vocal coaches I watch on YouTube to see them react to it, and break down what's happening...
This may just be the shortest, but most fascinating video I've ever seen. I'm tempted to send it to a few vocal coaches I watch on YouTube to see them react to it, and break down what's happening in the video. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for posting this. I sing and narrate nonfiction but I also do many voices and accents as a character actor. I need all the help I can get visualizing the different placements of words and sounds, glottal stops and fricatives.
The generative impulse of all these different sounds comes from somewhere deeper than the larynx though. Sometimes it’s a matter of holding a specific image or sound in my head while speaking that character’s voice. Sometimes it’s shifting how I sit or imagining how this person would walk.
Speech is a full body phenomenon.
The video shows an MRI of someone speaking and then someone singing. Pretty amazing to see all the coordinated movement needed to do something that I (and I suspect most people) largely take for granted.
I debated about posting this to ~talk, but thought maybe it was too meta.
This may just be the shortest, but most fascinating video I've ever seen. I'm tempted to send it to a few vocal coaches I watch on YouTube to see them react to it, and break down what's happening in the video. Thanks for sharing!