Techniques de Production Vocale

• These notes cover questions about voice production, posture, and breathing techniques for singers and speakers

Sterno-thyroid Muscle

• The Sterno-thyroid muscle is primarily responsible for lowering the larynx

Vocal Emission Balance

• Elements studied in the balance of vocal emission include accuracy, homogeneity, and timbre

Sound Placement Importance

• Sound placement is important because it promotes better vocal projection and resonance

Postural Exercises Objective

• The main goal of postural exercises is to enable the patient to feel and become aware of their equilibrium line, aligning the top of the skull with the neck to improve posture reflexes and verticality

Assessing Neck Freedom

• To assess neck freedom patient is asked to have a hand placed on the top of the head and to have slight movements to the left and right to observe if the neck reacts in a fluid manner without excessive tension

Standing Balance

• To regain or maintain vertical balance, one should have their feet slightly apart (hip-width) and shift body weight from one foot to the other to test and re-establish a balanced distribution

Trunk Alignment

• The trunk (abdomen, chest, and head) must be aligned so that each part is aligned with the others which avoids compensatory tension that could cause blockages or spasms and disrupt breathing or phonation

Weight Distribution at the Pelvis

• Light left-right oscillations are applied to the pelvis, and the reaction of the knees and ankles is observed to ensure they react by maintaining the vertical attitude

Larynx Position in Vocal Configuration

• In an optimal vocal configuration with strong resistance to laryngeal, the larynx is free, balanced, and vibrating as if weightless between the two pressure zones

"Coverage" of the voice meaning

• "Coverage" of the voice means achieving a balance between strong subglottic pressure and strong laryngeal assistance, ensuring the voice is projected without strain

Air Column

• The concept of an "air column" means a mass of exhaled air under pressure, running from the diaphragm to the supraglottic cavities, with appreciable support at the top

Key Vocal Cord Functions

• The vocal cords must act both as a sphincter and a vibrator, resisting air pressure, while remaining pliable, by ensuring both glottal closure and vibration necessary for phonation

Architectural Conditions for Voicing

• Architectural conditions of resonators that that favor vocal positioning is a tongue spread on the oral floor, a dilated pharynx, and a vertically open mouth

Impendance on Vocal Cords

• A low impedance on Vocal Cords forces a reinforcement of subglottic pressure is required which can lead to vocal forcing

High Imdepance properties

• Properties that are not asscoiated to high impendance are those of having a released larynx with free vibration

Weak Supaglottic Pressure can result in

• A weak supaglottic pressue can result in a weak voice that is exposed to the risk of vocal fatique

Supraglottic Resonance Role

• The main role of supraglottic resonance is to send part of the vibratory waves back to the larynx to support its functioning

Desired Colomn results are achived

• The use of the colomun results should be directed towards direction of air mass directed in direction of resonating cavities

Dejonckere Test Question

• The Dejonckere test includes a specific question relating to: What voice would you like to get?

Maximum Phonation Time

• Maximum phonation time measures the ability of vocal chords to produce a constant sound

Acoustic Voice Analyze Difference

• Jitter measures variability on frquency, while shimmer measures variability of amplitude

Birth of Vocal Sound

• During the birth of vocal sound, two essential components interact, the air providing energy and the vocal cords acting as both sphincter and vibrator to modulate the output

Vocal Pose Principals

• "Posing" one's voice involves establishing a harmonious relationship between breath, vibrator, and resonators

Glottic equilibrium requirements

• For a voice to be said to be "posed," the subglottic pressure should be equivalent to the supraglottic pressure

Low impendance

• Low impendance of vocal chords creates a low suproglottic pressure and a low magnitude voice

Shortened Pavillion effect

• Making shortended Pavillon can cause rapid escapes of sounds waves asscoiated with low impendance

Increasing impendance effect

• Increasing impeedance is assciated with vocal fatique and potential disfunction

Strong impendance

• Strong impendance facilitates sounds through the exit without the need of position of cavities

Vocal Tensions Reduction

• Relaxing all three areas of tension

Phonatory Breathing

• Phonatory breathing requires manageability and flexibility, unlike vital breathing

Body weight in heels

• When body weight rests on the heels, stability is reduced

Stiff Knee Impact

• Stiff knees eliminate flexion and limit adaptation to shocks

Statics and Breathing

• Statics and breathing must be approached simultaneously because they are essential for vocal projection

Desired Alignment

• The elements that must be optimally positioned for good postural balance in order to have a comfortable voice are the organs of respiration, the larynx, and the resonating cavities

Main Verticality Objective

• The main objective of body verticality work is to find a position of stable balance without harmful tensions

Dropsy Excercise affect

• The "Dropsy" exercise achieves work on verticality and stable alignment

"Take the Train" excercise key

• In the "Take the Train" exercise: legs act like a spring

Francois Lehuche head movement principals

• The principle in this movement is to quickly rotate the head to the left and right without taking youe eyes of a reflection

Thoraco Abdominal Breathing Synchronization

• In thoraco-abdominal breathing, the abdomen and the lower thoracic part expand simultaneously, enabling synchronous development of the abdominal and thoracic diameters

Breathing Differences in Phonation

• The major difference in breathing lies on the point that rythms are controlled and adpated due to the demands of speach

Abdominal-Diaphragmatic Time for Inhalation

• (Pre)-Phonatory abdominal-diaphragmatic time allows the contraction of the diaphragm and the external and middle intercostal muscles

Phonation Requirements

• the requirements include maintain airflow regularity, intensity and pitch mobilizing personal energy

Factors that have an induce on breathing during phonation

• Factor includes unbalanced stomach and mind situations

Position of Feet and Kness

• The position of the feet and knees is important in checking that the feet are flat on the floor (slightly apart or parallel) and that the knees reflect the natural width of the pelvis, ensuring a balanced distribution of body weight

Neck and Tension Release

• The tension in the neck and neck can be relieved by flexing and balance in the head.

Element of Vocal Vibration

• The equilibrium of the head promotes laryngeal vibration.

Objective of Body Relaxation

• The main objective of body relaxation is to obtain muscular relaxation to better dose one's energy

Schultz Method

• The method of Schultz relies on "hetero or auto-suggestion"

Shultz sensation

• At the most basic level the schultz training method relies on the heaving limbs and body

Auto-Training Caveats

• An untrained person can cause anxiety

Jackson Specification

• The specificity of the Jacobson method is that it relies on the conscious control of muscle tension and relaxation

Wintraebursts Goals

• The goal of the Wintrebert method is to achieve complete muscle relaxation in three stages

Resting respiration objectives

• The fundemental goal is to foster state of calm internal and detachment

Hyoid muscles

• In muscles that are higher than voice pitch will allow higher pitch

Vocal gesture observation

• This test alognsd with vocal gesture

Glottal Folds

• Glottal folds are rapid movements before voice can start

Silent intake is indicitive of

• Quick and noisy air is indicative that something isnt right

Elevated larynx muscles

• Elevated muscle areas

Stulo hyoid muscled use

• Muscle used to raise laraynx and reduce air usage