Why are the breathing exercises you have chosen important for vocal development, or particularly for you?
The exercises I chose were the out breath exercise in Alexander position and the silent pant exercise.
The silent pant exercise is really good for my vocal development as it opens up your throat and diaphragm which will help me to project my voice from my diaphragm and not my chest.
How can you use pitch, pause, pace or inflection to convey a particular emotion?
Pitch, pause, pace and inflection all create the tone of someone's voice.
For different emotions you use different tones, for example if you are angrily screaming you will use more high pitch tones and a faster pace, and if you are conveying a sad emotion, for example grief, you would use more pauses and a slower pace and generally a more monotone way of talking. Pitch, pause, pace and inflection are key in order to convey emotions as they can all be used in different ways. You can generally always tell when a person is angry and happy by the tone and pace of their voice.
Videos of my exercises I chose...
Why are the exercises I videoed important for your local development?
The exercises I chose to video shown below were Neck rolls and Ankle rolls.
Neck rolls help me release any tension I have in my neck and shoulder area which can cause me to feel stiff and achey which does affect my ability to project my voice particularly in singing, as it is all connected and has an impact on my throat and voice box.
Ankle rolls really help me to get rid of any lower leg strain I get from exercising which affects the way I stand and my posture, which does evidently affect my ability to sing as my posture is not as it should be in order stand up straight and project my voice.
What I personally would like to improve on...
I would really like to improve on my pitch and range when I sing. I feel I am comfortable singing in the pitch I know I am good at, but I really want to move into different pitches and ranges to try and improve and vary my singing abilities.
