how to find and use your natural voice Boone, Daniel R. creator author. text bibliography cau 2016 Third Edition. monographic eng

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viii, 211 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm Is your voice telling on you?...what does your voice sound like? -- Basic mechanisms needed for a normal voice...a look at our voice equipment -- Enemies of a natural voice...emotional, environmental, and physical factors -- You and your natural voice...ten things one may do to prevent using your natural voice -- To breathe or not to breathe...tips for automatic and intentional breathing -- Loud enough or too loud?...your voice has a loudness control -- The well-aimed pitch...use a pitch where it ought to be -- Is your voice in focus?...too high, too low, too forward, too back -- Talking through your nose...too little (denasality) or too much (hypernasality) -- Your emotions and your voice...minimizing emotional signs in your voice -- Stage fright and related fears...learning how to control certain fears and stress -- Your voice on phones and other electronic gadgetry...keeping the natural voice on phones, tablets, apps, and what have you -- The female voice...developing a feminine speaking style -- The male voice...developing a masculine speaking style -- Ten steps for keeping your natural voice...the book in review -- Professional help for voice problems...physician, speech-language pathologist -- psychologist, singing teacher, vocal coach. Daniel R. Boone, PhD. Includes bibliographical references (page 201) and index. Voice culture PN4162 .B636 2016 612.78 BOO 9781597568012 (paperback : alk. paper) 1597568015 (paperback : alk. paper) 2015019520 DLC 150624 20200217144946.0 18672948 eng