Sam Meredith Malde Intro/Ch. 1

1.  What are the 12 characteristics of the exceptional singer as described in the first paragraph? (1) Beautiful tone quality, easy navigation throughout range, body looks buoyant and flexible, wonderful breath management, excellent dynamic control, exceptional musicianship, clear diction, genuine facial expression, heartfelt delivery of music/text, refined body map, inclusive awareness, micro movement, graceful.

2.  Who originated body mapping? (1) William Conable

3.  Define body map. (2) Our mental representation of our body's size structure, and function.

4.  How does your body map influence body movement? (2) We move according to what kind of a body map we have developed

5.  Define kinesthesia. (2) It is the sense that detects your body in motion

6.  How does kinesthesia help us? (2) It helps us discern movement size, position, and quality, which helps produce healthy singing.

7.  Define inclusive awareness. (2, 7-8) conscious, simultaneous organized awareness of our inner and outer experience

8.  What are the three elements of your body map? (3) Mapping size, Mapping structure, Mapping function

9.  Describe the methods suggested for correcting and refining your body map. (4-5) Study accurate anatomical illustrations, use a mirror and compare your expectations to what you actually see, draw the area to be mapped, ask specific questions--where is it located?, how does it move?, what is it's shape and size?; relate the map of a specific body part to your whole body, apply your knowledge through movement

10.  What are the three virtues of your kinesthetic sense? (5) awareness of how the body moves, where it moves, and the quality of the movement

11. What are the 4 questions we can ask to fine tune our kinesthesia? (6-7) what parts of my body am I moving? Can I feel micro movement? is the quality of my movement free or effortful? Is the quality of my movement light or heavy?

12.  Describe the three types of attention. (8) Concentration, which is limited because it allows focus on just one thing; rapid scanning, which is exhausting because you are constantly moving your attention from one thing to another; inclusive awareness, which is most effective because you are focused enough to be aware of problems, but not so focused that you wouldn't be able to notice multiple problems at once.