Voice

(Julian Treasure)

Speech

H.A.I.L.

• Honesty: Be clear and straight
• Authenticity: Be yourself
• Integrity: Be your word
• Love: Wish well

Qualities of voice:

• Register - from your chest
• Timbre - with richness
• Prosody - use variety of tone (avoid monotone)
• Pace - use variety of speed (fast, slow, pause (silence))
• Pitch - vary
• Volume - vary sound level-- avoid always-high volume

Voice Warmups

1. Arms up, breathe deeply in, sigh as you exhale
2. Say "bob-bob-bob..."
3. Say "bbbbbbbbb...", allowing your lips to flap
4. Say "la, lala, lalala, ...", with exaggeration
5. Say "rrrrrrr...", rolling your "r"
6. Make "wee-augh" sound, repeatedly, varying your pitch up and down