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Here you will find resources which support the content covered in the Trans Voice and Communication Cafe. These resources include presentations, links to useful videos and worksheets for you to reference as follows:
Pitch - Deep Dive Workshop
Pitch - Deep Dive Workshop
Pitch Deep Dive Workshop (master copy).pptxResonance - Deep Dive Workshop
Resonance - Deep Dive Workshop
Resonance Deep Dive Workshop (master copy).pptxVocal Weight - Deep Dive Workshop
Vocal Weight - Deep Dive Workshop
Vocal Weight Deep Dive Workshop (master copy).pptxVoice care
Voice care
How the voice works
How the voice works
How Does the Human Body Produce Voice and Speech?
This video offers an overview of how we define voice and speech, how the voice is produced and how it is shaped.
How the Larynx Produces Sound
This video offers a slightly more in depth explanation of how the voice works, including the different muscles and structures involved in voice production.
Source-Filter Theory
This video explains the source-filter theory, which shows how concepts like pitch and loudness are different to concepts like resonance or vocal weight.
How to look after the voice
How to look after the voice
Vocal hygiene advice.docxVocal hygiene tips
Reflux management advice.docReflux management advice
Vocal exercises
Vocal exercises
The aim of these exercises is to give you the opportunity to explore different voice qualities, get a feel for what might be right for you, and to provide the structure and repetition which can be useful for fine-tuning and building familiarity with different techniques.
Voice warm ups and relaxation
Voice warm ups and relaxation
This video talks through the pitch siren warm up exercise
This video talks through the use of straw phonation for more relaxed and efficient voice production
Silent breathing exercises.docSilent breathing exercises
This video talks through the silent laugh exercise for tension release
Release of constriction exercises.docStretches and exercises for releasing constriction
Pitch
Pitch
Pitch matching and pitch habituation.docWays to practice finding and maintaining a target pitch
Thinking sounds with category naming.docWays to practice using thinking sounds as an anchor for preferred voice qualities
Pitching and tuning.docxWays to use 'tuning' sounds to explore pitch (and resonance)
Resonance
Resonance
Exploring resonance.docThis handout explains how tongue and larynx height impact resonance, and offers some prompts for exploring different resonant qualities
Exploring resonance - balancing resonant spaces.docxWays to explore resonance, monitor the physical sensations associated with resonance, and find a balance between the different resonant spaces
Vocal weight
Vocal weight
Vocal weight exploration
Vocal weight - onsets.docxPutting it all together in practice
Putting it all together in practice
The aim of these exercises is to give you ways to put everything into practice in less structured exercises. These require a bit more brain power and multitasking, so can be a useful step towards using new voice techniques in conversations.
Tongue twisters
Tongue twisters
The tongue twisters below all start with sounds that lend themselves more easily to certain patterns of resonance and vocal weight. Tongue twisters can be a good way to practice maintaining particular voice qualities when combining lots of different speech sounds. Using contrastive practice (i.e. reading a tongue twister once using a chest resonance and then using an oral resonance) is important for building control and accuracy.
Tongue twisters - oral res & thin vw.docxTongue twisters - chest res & heavy vw.docxThinking sounds
Thinking sounds
Thinking sounds can be useful anchors for preferred voice qualities in conversational speech, see sheets below for ideas on ways to practice.
Thinking sounds with category naming.docGenerative naming (categories by A-Z).docxEveryday phrases and spontaneous speech
Everyday phrases and spontaneous speech
Short everyday phrases.docxSpontaneous speaking practice.docxProjection
Projection
Volume - projection.docxBuilding everyday voice habits
Building everyday voice habits
Building distractions into practice.docxWays to build distractions into your practice - this can make it easier to use your voice in different situations.
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