- One must be Graceful, buoyant, and balanced
2.Singing always requires MICROMOVEMENT.
3.What words does the author suggest might be substituted for posture?
-Three words to substitute posture are balance, buoyant, and springy.
4.What are the questions you should ask to map your skeleton?
-How large is my skeleton? Where is my skeleton located? What is the construction of my skeleton? What is the function of my skeleton? How does my skeleton move?
5.What is the function of your skeleton?
-The skeleton is a structure of support, a weight distributor and it helps us move.
6.What is a joint?
- a joint is a location in your body where two bones connect.
7.What is a co-contraction?
-Trying to move while contracting both muscles simultaneously is co-contraction.
8.What would cause a skeletal muscle to not be able to move freely?
-Co-Contraction
9.What is the difference in the workings of tense and a released muscle?
-A released muscle is a relatively inactive muscle. It is a necessity in order for another muscle to contract. It's a give and take balanced system for movement.
10. Our muscles should RELEASE and REST upon the skeleton
11. Describe the location of the 4 different portions of your spine. What is the function of each?
-Cervical: holds the weight of the head
Thoracic: bears the weight of the head, arms and chest
Lumbar: helps support the torso, arms and head
Sacrum: distriutes the weight from your upper body to your pelvis
12.What is the name of the top vertebra?
- The top vertebra is called the atlas.
13.How does the thivkness and size of vertebrae differ?
- Your 24 vertebrae are smaller in thickness and circumference near the top of your spine and larger near the lumbar spine.
14.How much space does the circumference of your spine occupy?
-The cervical spine takes up one-third of the body's depth from front to back, the thoracic spine one-fourth, and the lumbar spine one-half.
15.What are the four curves of the spine? how many vertebrae make up each curve? In which direction do they curve?
-Cervical Curve: 7 vertebrae and curves toward the front of the body, Thoracic Curve: 12 vertebrae and curves towards the back, Lumbar Curve: 5 vertebrae curve towards front and the Sacral-Coccygeal: Curve 9 vertebrae curve towards back.
16.Which part of the spine is weight-bearing (front or back)? What is the function of the other part?
- The front, The function of the other part is to
17.What are the three parts of each vertebrae? What is the function of each?
-Each vertebra has a body, foramen, and a spinous process. The foraman is the opening for the spinal cord.
18. Describe the facets on the vertebrae.
-Facets are small indentations on the back of vertebral processes the allow the vertebrae to connect to each other.
19. Describe the front of the spine.
-The front of your spine bears the weight of your head and torso and delivers it through the sacrum to the pelvis.\
20. Describe the form and function of your vertebral discs.
-Discs compress when they bear weight and spring back into shape when the weight is removed.
21.Where is the one place in the spine where there is no disk?
-There is no disk between the axis and the atlas
22.What do singers need to avoid?
-Holding the head too far forward because it tightens the neck muscles and the rest of the body
23.Describe the vertebral ligaments.
-They connect the vertebrae, discs and facet joints
24.What is a tendon? What is its function?
-Tendons connect muscles to bone and help to support and move the body.
25. What is fascia? What is its function?
-Fascia is thin, strong connective tissue. It, along with tendons and muscles, is a flexible support and movement system for the spine and body.
26. Where are the six places of balance?
-A-O joint, upper arm joints, hip joints, knee joints, ankle joints and the thorax in relationship to the lumbar spine.
27.Which of these six places of balance is not an actual joint?
-The balance of the thorax in relationship to the lumbar spine
28. What is the function of your atlas?
-To support the head and distribute the weight to the rest of the spine
29.Explain how the skull and atlas fit together.
-Condyles, rounded bumps on the skull fit into to depressions on the top of the atlas.
30. Why is mapping your A-O joint important?
-Balance in your A-O joint allows the muscles in the neck and the rest of the body to release.
31. Where is your A-O joint located?
-Where the atlas meets the bottom portion of the skull
32. What is meant by a neutral position for the neck?
-A balanced position. The neck is the global power of the body, if it is tense the rest of the body will be.
33. What are two ways to help find the accurate relationship between your thorax and your lumbar spine?
-Walking backwards or laying on your back with your knees bent
34.What is the function of the pelvis?
-To distribute the weight of the upper body to the legs
35. Describe your pelvis.
-The pelvis has two bones on each side that mirror each other, the sacrum is in between these bones. The hip joints insert into the base of these bones.
36.What do you know about your hip joints?
-They are 2 to 3 inches deeper than the Greater Trochanter and can be best felt when moving the leg in all directions.
37. What is your torso?
-The portion of your body that excludes your head, arms and legs. It begins at your top vertebra and continues down to the bottom of the pelvis.
38.Describe your knee joint.
-The knee joint is located behind the slightly below your kneecap. The knee joint has three positions: locked, balance or bent.
39. Where is your knee cap located?
-It floats in front of the lower end of the thigh bone
40. What are the three conditions of the knee joint?
-Locked, balanced and bent
41.How does the position of the thorax affect the knee joint?
-If the Thorax is not balanced, they will not be able to safely unlock their knees
42. Do your knees need to bend in order to be balanced?
-No, they just need to be balanced
43. Describe your ankle joint.
-The ankle joint is located where the two lower leg bones meet the talus bone and foot.
44. What are the bumps on the outside of your ankle?
-The bottom of the fibula and the bottom of the tibula
45.Which of the lower leg bones distributes our weight?
-The tibia
46. How does the position of the thorax affect the ankle joint?
-If the thorax is not balanced the ankle joints will stiffen.
47.Which other joint in the body has a direct impact on the ankle joint.
-The thorax in relation to the lumbar spine
48.In what order should we balance our joints.
-First balance your A-O, your thorax in relation to your spine, hip, knee and then ankle joints.
49.Describe the location of the heel bone.
-The heel bone is below the ankle joint, and extends back farther than it.
50. Describe your foot.
-It has three arches and each toe has a head.
51. Describe the structure of each arm.
-One collarbone, shoulder blade, upper arm bone, two lower arm bones, a wrist and hand.
52. Name and describe the arm joints.
-Sternoclavicular, Upper arm, Elbow, and Wrist
53. Describe position of collarbones and shoulder blades and how arm structure should be balanced.
-The shoulder blades and the collarbones are a composite structure known as the shoulder girdle. When balanced the shoulder girdle is designed to center over your weight-bearing spine with your collarbones parallel to the ground.
55.My spine and my postural muscles that surround it SUPPORT MY FRONT and my back, FREEING my front and my back for MOVEMENT.
56. What are the five poor postural instructions given at the end of the chapter?
-Stand against the wall to achieve good posture
-Stand "straight" as if the spine were a straight, solid broomstick
-Lift the sternum high
-Roll the shoulders back and or hold them down
-Tuck the pelvis under
-Suspend your head by an invisible string from the ceiling
-Stand "straight" as if the spine were a straight, solid broomstick
-Lift the sternum high
-Roll the shoulders back and or hold them down
-Tuck the pelvis under
-Suspend your head by an invisible string from the ceiling
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