Sarah Gee SS Ch 2

Talking comes naturally to most people. It is our first creative activity that we engage in. The mechanics of speaking is a lot more complicated that most people realize. There are also a lot of variation of inflection and expression in different types of conversations.  The written word could never fully express what the voice can. He also mentioned different languages and dialects.

Key Concepts:

We must sing more similarly to our speaking than we tend to think we should.

Having fluidity in speaking helps singing to have more fluidity as well.

We should not pay attention to how we sound when we speak and when we sing.

Think about what you would like ti have happened not about what you should or shouldn’t do.

Key Words:

Mode of expression

Source of utterance

Connections:

I have always been very self-conscious of the way I talk and express myself. I used stutter a lot, which has made me always nervous about speaking to others, as well as, self critical and aware of what I sounded like. I have also been taught to think about what I say before I say it which has added to my tentative attitude toward speaking. 

I also have a friend, Whitney Parkin, who suffers  Gastroporiesous ( Don't actually know how one would spell this crazy word for such a crazy stomach condition), a stomach condition, as well as Muscle Tension Diysphonia, her vocal chords have been worn so thin by the acid created by her stomach condition that they no longer touch and therefore she can no longer phonate. She has been going to therapy and doing excerises that will help her get better at bringing them the larger distance in order to speak. I’ve never heard of this happening to anyone before. I’ve heard of people having acid reflux but never so bad as this. She really can no longer speak more than a whisper. I’ve been thinking a lot about her as I’ve been reading this book and learning the anatomy of the throat. 

I should figure out what I do in speaking that is good for my singing voice as well as the things that I should not do while speaking because of its unhelpfulness when I sing. Then once they have been addressed I will not pay attention to them more than necessary.