Sarah Boucher SS Chapter 2 Summary

Sarah Boucher SS Chapter 2 Summary
Chapter Summary: Speaking as Smith puts it is the first creative activity that we perform. It is how we learn to express our emotions to others. Most people speak in a very natural way that is not harmful to their voices and because of this speaking is a good way to help us access our authentic voices. When we speak we don't have to think about our sound, it is all automatic and natural something that we strive for in our singing.
Key Points:
-"When we speech, we involve our physical, acoustical, spiritual, emotional, and psychological selves"  (pg.28)
-Most people can speak without vocal strain
-The way we say something changes its meaning, this is an example of why speaking is more complex than it seems.
-Speaking in our authentic voice is only the first step in the process, next we learn to articulate the vowels "more specifically than we do in regular speech".
-Our speaking has to be true to the vernacular that we learned as children or else it is not true to us.
Key Terms:
-Vernacular Speech
Making Connections: I like Smith's ideas about vernacular speech. I often speak my lyrics like they are lines in a play but then they become effected. I need to speak my pieces more like I would in everyday situations and then focus on purifying the vowel like Smith suggests.