[Menvi-discuss] vocal anatomy help needed

Thu Aug 25 20:45:42 EDT 2011

I also agree.  Brandon provided an awesome description of vocal anatamy.
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>I agree. Brandon did an excellent job describing vocal anatomy.
>
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> From: menvi-discuss-bounces at menvi.org [menvi-discuss-bounces at menvi.org] On 
> Behalf Of Teresa Haifley [dthaifley at iowatelecom.net]
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> I just thought Brandon described that well.
>
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> [mailto:menvi-discuss-bounces at menvi.org] On Behalf Of Debra Baxley
> Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 8:19 PM
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> I wondered how you know so much about vocal anatomy.
>
> Debra
>
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> [mailto:menvi-discuss-bounces at menvi.org] On Behalf Of Teresa Haifley
> Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 7:36 PM
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> Debra,
> I guess I'm not sure what you want to know.  I don't have a company or a 
> PhD
> or anything like that if that's what you mean.  I'm a music coordinator,
> choir director, organist, piano teacher, and braille music
> consultant/specialist for our state library.  (And wife and mother of 3.)
>
> Teresa
>
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> [mailto:menvi-discuss-bounces at menvi.org] On Behalf Of Debra Baxley
> Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 5:56 PM
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> I'm new to the list; I'm wondering what Theresa's title is?
>
> Debra
>
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> [mailto:menvi-discuss-bounces at menvi.org] On Behalf Of Teresa Haifley
> Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 4:33 PM
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> Well done, Brandon.
>
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> [mailto:menvi-discuss-bounces at menvi.org] On Behalf Of Brandon Keith 
> (Biggs)
> Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2011 7:56 PM
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> Subject: Re: [Menvi-discuss] vocal anatomy help needed
>
> Hello Kelsey,
> Vocal anatomy is very difficult to understand unfortunately. My teacher
> described it to me as:
> there is the diaphragm which is in the chest and abdomen where the air 
> goes
> when one takes a breath. My voice teacher described the diaphragm as:
> A bell with an elastic covering over the mouth. The elastic covering
> basically stretches around the base of your lowest rib. (so one can either
> breathe and have the elastic stretch down, breathe and let it stretch up 
> or
> breathe and let the elastic stretch out into a large almost circle.
>
> Next comes the larynx which is where your atoms apple is. Your vocal folds
> rest on the opening of the larynx. The larynx I believe is like a long 
> tube
> that goes down to the diaphragm. My voice teacher explained the vocal 
> folds
> as:
> A rubber band that can become long and thin or short and wide. Stick your
> two palms together and that is your vocal chords on a high note. Move your
> fingers in with your palms separating and the heal of your hands staying
> together. You should have a circle. That is your chords on a low note. 
> (I'm
> not sure if that is approaching on pedagogy, but the vocal folds do move
> producing different pitches).
>
> next is the tongue and palits.
> The tongue attaches (I believe) to the pharynx and larynx). The far inks 
> is
> where your food goes, so not as important as the larynx and tongue.
> The tongue is really long and it goes way back into your mouth. If you 
> stuck
>
> your finger into your mouth you won't be able to touch the root of the
> tongue. The tongue comes to a smaller blunt point in the front part of the
> mouth you probably use the most.
>
> Right above the tip of the tongue in the front of the mouth there is the
> roof of the mouth.
> The roof of the mouth consists of two major components:
> The soft pallet and the hard pallet.
> The hard pallet is the bone you feel right behind your top gums. If you
> trace with your tongue backwards along that hard part you will eventually
> reach the end of the bone and a section of your mouth that is softer. This
> soft section is called the soft pallet.
> The soft pallet goes from the ending of the hard pallet to the Uvula.
> The Uvula is a flap of skin that hangs down off the soft pallet. Right
> behind the Uvula is the end of the nasal cavity.
> If you had a tube you could stick it from your mouth, out your nose. Or up
> your nose and down your throat, or up your nose out your mouth... The tube
> would go past your Uvula.
> The soft pallet (And hence the Uvula) can go up and down.
>
> Right in front of the teeth there are the lips. The lips can stretch in 
> and
> out, widen and close. Like a rubber band.
>
> around the mouth there is the jaw. The jaw bones attach to the teeth most
> directly. You can also feel it at your chin. If you follow the jaw bone
> around toward your ears, you will feel it curve upward. If you now venture
> in toward the front of the face, you will feel a muscle that flexes when 
> you
>
> clench your teeth. This is the muscle that opens and closes your jaw.
>
> I hope this makes the vocal physiology a little clearer. If you want more
> descriptions, I can tell you a ton of books on vocal physiology and
> pedagogy, but they really aren't blind friendly.
> I touch touch touch my teacher's vocal instrument and touch and touch and
> touch my own. If I were you I'd be making sure you can feel where your 
> ribs
> end, what happens when you breathe all different ways, what happens when 
> you
>
> move your mouth all different ways.
> Yes, I've stuck my finger in my teacher's mouth and yes, I often stick my
> fingers in my own. If this is a public class and if you aren't close to 
> your
>
> teacher I wouldn't suggest sticking your fingers into your teacher's 
> mouth,
> but I would definitely touch and fully feel their breathing and throat.
> Please let me know if you have any questions,
>
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> From: "kelsey nicolay" <piano.girl0299 at gmail.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2011 5:17 PM
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> Subject: [Menvi-discuss] vocal anatomy help needed
>
>> Hello,
>> This might be a little off topic, but I am taking a Voice and 
>> Articulation
>
>> class.  The professor indicated in a meeting with him today that he would
>> be doing a section on vocal anatomy with diagrams.  Since I can't see the
>> diagrams, it will be difficult for me to fully understand what he's
>> talking about.  Therefore, does anyone have any ideas about how he could
>> explain vocal anatomy of the head and neck to me without a diagram?
>> Thanks,
>>
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