Voice Quality - Speech and Oral Communication
- 1. Speech and Oral Communication
- 2. Voice quality can refer to any of the suprasegmental (Accompanying pronunciation of speech sounds) properties of speech that result from how your vocal apparatus is configured. Voice qualities are also used to determine accents. Changes depending on one persons mood.
- 3. Normal voice Breathy voice Full voice Chesty Voice Thin Voice
- 4. The Normal Voice in conversation is used when the speaker speaks naturally showing little or no emotion. This is the normal quality of your voice.
- 5. The Breathy Voice is whispered type of tone, an aspirate quality of the voice.
- 7. The full voice is a deep quality of voice which is used when an occasion is formal and dignified. This is also known as the orotund (round mouth) quality. It is produced by opening the mouth somewhat wider and by increasing the oral and nasal resonance so the voice acquires a more ringing tone.
- 8. the Chesty voice is a deep hollow voice as if coming from a deep and empty cave. This gives a horror effect.
- 10. The thin voice quality is thin and high-pitched. This falsetto quality occurs only in extreme fatigue, weakening, old age, ill-health, or in extreme excitement.
- 11. References: Fundamentals of Effective Speech & Oral Communication. (Edwin V. Tendero, Hemmady S. Mora, Natalia C. Tanuecoz, Emma S. Babia, Ellise Jane B. Cruz) Work Cited Khaz Miguel - /khaziakinka/the-voice- voice-quality?qid=f916f6d2-f5c3-48a2-aff0- aee3b7f1fb41&v=&b=&from_search=11 Breathy Voice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jOMS-xXaqc Chesty Voice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uoWMVzy4zk