Our voice is one of the most curious instruments in communication. When I was still studying at Moscow State University, in the last years of the Faculty of Psychology, for two whole years I went to the old teacher, studied voice production. I regret only one thing — that the classes were interrupted due to her death … Now, more than thirty years later, I consider this an extremely important acquisition. What did it give me?
Firstly, voice endurance — this is important to me. Everyone will easily remember teachers and teachers who lost their voice, after which they have to whisper tensely for several weeks. But the voice is torn off not because they speak long and loudly — those who have a voice set can speak in front of an audience for 6-8 hours continuously, voicing a hall of several hundred people. I also had to work in front of huge audiences and for many hours in a row, but, thank God, I didn’t plant a bundle from this even once. The one who was given the voice does not strain the ligaments, does not work with the ligaments. The pressure of the voice is created by the work of the diaphragm and the muscles of the back, the sonority and flight of the voice are provided by resonators, and the ligaments only direct the voice flow, for which no tension is needed. Of course, if you have learned this…
Perhaps something else will be more important for you: the richness of intonations and the beauty of your voice, the ability to enrich it with that color and that timbre that will give it a deep and unique sound. The one who speaks flatly, sharply, at high frequencies and without overtones — pushes away from himself simply with his voice. If you set yourself a voice and connect soft overtones, then your voice becomes velvety, enveloping, attractive.
I remember an acquaintance shared: he took his child to kindergarten, on the way he was worried — would the child like the teacher? But when he entered the room, he simply froze, listening to the pleasant voice of the teacher. She didn’t do anything special, she just spoke in a deep, warm voice, and the kids followed her like they were attached, like they were spellbound. Perhaps she had it by nature, but you can make such a voice for yourself.
And finally, the unexpected. The fact is that practicing your voice prolongs people’s lives. There are only two professions that stand out from the others in that long-livers are most often found among their representatives. These are, firstly, academicians — perhaps because they are not lazy to think, analyze and work with their heads until the end of their lives. And the second wonderful profession is opera singers! It turns out that the vibrations of a correctly delivered voice have a positive effect on blood circulation, help the heart work reliably.
In total, good health, intact ligaments and a beautiful chest voice — this is what can be yours. Recommend! See Voice Exercises and Intonation Variety
Useful links
Where can I go to do voice acting? Recommended:
- School of natural voice — Kirill Pleshakov
We recommend Dmitry Ustinov’s trainings:
- THE ART OF SPEECH: rhetoric and public speaking
- WINNERS: The Psychology of Influence and Charisma
- BATTLE RHETORIC: The Word as a Weapon
- Storytelling in Russian. How to create and tell stories
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