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Date Posted: 10:32:17 02/09/11 Wed
Author: Brittany
Subject: Projection
In reply to: stewart 's message, "Re: Hey!" on 13:37:35 02/08/11 Tue

Do you have any suggestions as to how one would project their voice? I have what I like to call a "little voice" and people have a difficult time understanding me sometimes (and it isn't from mumbling). I don't want to yell and/or seem angry, but I still want to be heard.

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[> [> [> Re: Projection -- HeatherM, 15:09:27 02/09/11 Wed

I totally understand how you feel about the "little voice." I talk all day with my class....and by 2:00 my voice is tired. I'll take any suggestions as well.

Bridget
Heather


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[> [> [> Re: Projection -- Valerie, 21:47:15 02/10/11 Thu

I have some a few tips for you, Brittany and Heather.
Projection starts with proper breath support. If you feel any pain in your throat or tension in your neck and shoulders while you're trying to speak loudly, or sing, or even yell, you're doing it wrong and can hurt yourself.
Work your diaphragm muscles (right beneath your sternum) by making sure when you breathe, your shoulders do not rise. You need those muscles to be strong to support you when you project.
A good exercise for this is either standing a few inches from a wall with a soda can between you and the wall. Try to keep the can from falling by really breathing from your diaphragm. Another exercise is lying on the floor. Imagine your ribs expanding from side to side, then your diaphragm expanding out when you take a deep breath. Then let your breath gently leave your body by releasing first your diaphragm, then your ribs. You can also do that exercise sitting in a chair, legs uncrossed, spine lengthened. It's actually pretty relaxing, especially at the end of the day.
If you take or have taken yoga, it's a lot like the breathing you do in that.
Also, with projection, proper head and neck alignment is important. The first instinct when speaking loudly, especially in a crowd (or wrangling some rowdy eighth graders or two-year-olds who forgot their "listening ears") is to tilt your head back, even just slightly. What that does is constrict your vocal chords and air-way so that your voice is not getting the proper support. Try to keep everything well-aligned, which is easier said than done when 2:00 rolls around. :-)
Being a teacher and talking all day long (often in a projected voice), you have to be careful and take care of your voice. A speech-pathologist friend of mine told me it's not uncommon for teachers to develop nodules on their vocal chords from the stress put on them daily.
Hope that helps ya!


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[> [> [> [> Re: Projection -- Brittany, 13:03:08 02/11/11 Fri

Wow, thanks Valerie! I do deep breathing exercises, so I know about how to breathe that way. I just had Botox for my migraines about a week and a half ago, and the shots in my neck did something weird to my throat so that it sometimes hurts like I've been yelling for a while. I'm trying to figure out how to test this out without knowing if it hurts my throat or not. I guess having other people tell me how I sound would be a good indication? I'd better wait before I try it on the phone, though!

Heather: the deep breathing might make you less stressed by the end of the day, too!


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[> [> [> Re: Projection -- BC, 05:46:18 02/11/11 Fri

- some very good info. and suggestions Valerie!
- BC


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