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Speech, Nasal Speech and Nasal Twang
Jeremy Fisher
A demonstration of Speech,
Nasal Speech and Nasal Twang by Gillyanne Kayes with discussion:
Three vocal sets, held and
linked. An oral tone is changed to nasal tone, then twang is added.
This exercise shows isolation of the nasal port from the
aryepiglottic constrictors.
Note the change to nasal tone
– the nasal port is half-open (air and sound are coming out of both
mouth and nose). The white space in the centre of the reading jumps
upwards slightly. This is a classic “open-port” reading. Note also
that when twang is added, the upper part of the reading goes black
and yet the lower part stays the same shade of grey. This shows that
the increase in volume comes from the tightening of the “Twanger”
and not from the pressing of the true vocal folds. Remember when you
listen to the soundfile that Gillyanne is not “pushing” her voice
but tightening a specific set of muscles.
Listen to the
recording:
demo_SpNspTwgkonntwang.wav,
148KB
View the full
spectrogram:
View the
full spectrogram: JPEG image file, 151KB
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Giving the student broader knowledge about the structures of the
larynx can be effective on many levels of their training and
understanding. The 'moveable larynx' has long been the starting
point of Vocal Process courses including Singing and the Actor Training.
Download:
build_your_own_
tilting_larynx.pdf
[2-page PDF, 294kb]
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