Chapter Summary: Speech is the original source of utterance, and therefore the first creative process we engage in in life. As babies are born they express life through sound. It is not only a way to express our needs, but also a way to create. Our vernacular speech is not the speech that we are born with, but the speech that we learn to adapt to as we grow in our environmental surroundings. In classical singing we can find authenticity in our performance by locating our core or vernacular speech. This not only helps us to find the core (essence) of our voice, but also the core emotion or message we want to convey.
Key Terms: vernacular speech, the original source of utterance, core.
Key Concepts: When we base our singing voice off of our vernacular speech we can find a healthy production of sound (generally, unless your vernacular speech is harmful). Authenticity in sound and performance can be found by tapping into your core vernacular speech.
Making Connections: I feel like this chapter basically sums up the concepts that I covered with Thomas Glen when I had my one-on-one coaching with him. It makes a lot of sense to me, especially the part where he talks about how we very rarely think about the mechanics or production of our speaking voices while we are speaking. This should be the same with our singing voices. I know this is one of my main problems while practicing. It gets in the way of my progress. But when I perform I somehow get lost in the moment and forget about the singing, and my state of mind parallels with the state of mind I have while speaking. I think if I could find this state of mind during my practicing I could improve leaps and bounds in my technique.
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