Taylee Beckstead Malde Intro and Ch.1

What are the 12 characteristics of the exceptional singer as described in the first paragraph? (1) Accurate and refined body map; kinesthetic and inclusive awareness; beautiful and effortless tone quality; navigates easily through vocal range; body looks buoyant and flexible; moves and gestures expressively; able to observe her micromovement (graceful); graceful larger gestures; wonderful breath management; excellent dynamic control; exceptional musicianship; spine gathers and lengthens as they sing; clear, elegant diction.

Who originated body mapping? (1) William Conable

Define body map. (2) Your mental representation of your body's size, structure, and function.

How does your body map influence body movement? (2) You move according to what you believe about your body.

Define kinesthesia. (2) The sense that detects your body in mortion.

How does kinesthesia help us? (2) If a singer is able to learn how to kinesthetically perceive their body, they will clearly discern movement size, position and quality.

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

What are the three elements of your body map? (3) Size, structure, and function.

Describe the methods suggested for correcting and refining your body map. (4-5) Study: Look at accurate anatomical illustrations and 3D anatomical models designed by trained anatomists and compare them with you personal perception of your own body. Use the Mirror: Describe yourself without a mirror, keeping in mind size structure and function, and then actually stand in front of the mirror. Compare and contrast the two images. Also make use of palpating the actual part of the body your are looking at/describing. Draw the area to be mapped: pretty self explanatory... Ask specific questions: Be sure to answer each question thoroughly. Relate: once you've correctly mapped a part of the body, think about its relation to the rest of the body. Move: apply what you've done with the above steps.

What are the three virtues of your kinesthetic sense? (5) Sensitivity, discrimination, and responsiveness.

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 micromovement? Is the quality of my movement free or effortful? Is the qualtiy of my movement light or heavy?

Describe the three types of attention. (8) Concentration: attention of a single object. Rapid scanning: Rapidly moving your attention from one area of the body to the next. Inclusive awareness: and exercise about relationship. Expanding your awareness to include yourself in relationship to your world, and your world in relationship to yourself.