
063 How to Have a More Expressive Voice Using the Vowel Sounds
About this episode
In today's episode, we'll go through a wonderfully ridiculous exercise on exploring the sounds of vowels. We'll exercise with mono and multisyllabic words, and then tie them together in a sentence. This exercise is beneficial for those moments when we feel disconnected from the words we are voicing, or when we’re reading something we might find boring or simply disagree with.
What You Will Learn In This Episode:
- How to effectively connect with our speech to create authentic communication
- Why we need to reconnect with words we use too often, to make any speech sound more enticing
- The difference between long and short vowels sounds and how to manipulate the sounds to emphasise the writer's message
Exploring the vowels' sounds provides the speaker with a real sense of emotions’ flow of every line they read. If vowels are the river that conducts the words' feelings, we connect with the writer’s feelings and their intention in writing those lines by generating a genuine connection with the text.
Resources:
- Book an Ultimate Voice Getaway Retreat consultation https://nicolaredman.com/voice-coach/courses-and-retreats/ultimate-voice-getaway-retreat/
- Finding Your Voice by Barbara Houseman https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1854596594/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1854596594&linkCode=as2&tag=voicecoachpod-21&linkId=df5298ea303c367b2899af3803c0dc92
- The Verbal Arts Workbook by David & Rebecca Carey https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1408123460/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1408123460&linkCode=as2&tag=voicecoachpod-21&linkId=f707ffd8350807f0d913bb57e08a9e06
- Voicework by Christina Shewell https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0470019921/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=0470019921&linkCode=as2&tag=voicecoachpod-21&linkId=6a74c872723adf15964131b8484accab
- Join the Voice & Accent Hub https://www.facebook.com/groups/thevoiceandaccenthub
- Follow me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/nicredvoice/
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