Chapter Summary: In order to think, let, trust, we must understand the vital role the brain plays in singing. In order to sing a pitch we must think it first. The brain is the control system and gives commands to your muscles. The voice is able to respond to mental concepts that the brain imagines, feels, or experiences. In one brain there are between 10-100 billion cells.
The voluntary nervous system responds to thoughts from the cortex. The involuntary nervous system (automatic nervous system) functions without our direction. The most primitive part of the nervous system is the spinal cord. A neuron is the functional unit of the central nervous system
Neurons help to receive and transmit messages. They receive stimulus by way of afferent nerve fiber to the neuron, and the neuron sends a signal to the brain. When actions have been repeated the task becomes a routine action, and no longer needs special attention. This is known as a reflex arc or a conditioned reflex. Singing everyday is important, because it encourages conditioned reflexes and keeps nerves in healthy condition by working regularly.
"Through practice, you can develop a pre-phonatory inspiration equal to the task that the breath has to carry out." Nerves that are involved with singing include: the Vagus, the glossopharyngeal nerve, facial nerve.
Key Terms: voluntary nervous system, involuntary nervous system, neuron, stimuli, reflex arc/conditioned reflex,
Key Concepts: Before there is knowledge there must be memory. The true art of memory is attention: pay attention to how your body is behaving when singing is free.
Making Connections: This chapter helps reinforce the idea of practicing daily, to keep the nevers in healthy condition, and working daily.
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