Preface; Chapter 1 Is Your Voice Telling on You?; Chapter 2 Basic Mechanisms Needed for a Normal Voice; Chapter 3 Enemies of a Natural Voice; Chapter 4 You and Your Natural Voice; Chapter 5 To Breathe or Not to Breathe; Chapter 6 Loud Enough or Too Loud?; Chapter 7 The Well-Aimed Pitch; Chapter 8 Is Your Voice in Focus?; Chapter 9 Talking Through Your Nose; Chapter 10 Your Emotionsand Your Voice; Chapter 11 Stage Fright andRelated Fears; Chapter 12 Your Voice on Phones and Other Electronic Gadgetry; Chapter 13 The Female Voice; Chapter 14 The Male Voice
Chapter 15 Ten Steps for Keeping Your Natural VoiceChapter 16 Professional Help for Voice Problems; Suggested References; Index
Summary
Find your natural voice and appreciate the effect of emotions on voice with this useful book! It includes self-tests and vocal exercises and addresses practical methods for increasing breath control with specific guidelines for increasing loudness and voice projection, exercises that increase voice efficiently with sharper voice focus, and biological and environmental tips to help professional voice users maintain optimal voicing under demanding conditions.