0429 – What is A ‘Natural’ and ‘Conversational’ Sound?

2022.03.05 – 0429 – What is A ‘Natural’ and ‘Conversational’ Sound?Now let’s enter a new section in the [1]‘voyage of the voice’, with more communication skills.So far we’ve looked at how the voice is produced – with a series on breathing - and how words are formed when we spent some time on articulation. Then we examined the various aspects of speaking from intonation to projection, pace, pause and pitch. So, now we know what goes on in the ‘chest and the head’ – what does it take to go one step further?In this chapter / series of episodes we will take a look at the ‘attitude’ of conversational reading. That is how we sound more natural and fluent, how we bring a story to life.First, how talking is more than ‘moving your mouth’ – how sounding natural comes in part from moving the rest of your body too. That is the verbal orchestration that is gesticulation.Then a series on conversationality, or if you prefer ‘voice acting’: how can you sound as though the words are not being read? What are the tricks to use, and the psychological ‘zone’ you need to be in, to appear not to be using a script, even though you are? It’s a tricky trick to pull off.Linked with this of course, is ad-libs: going off-piste from a script. Then a section on fluency and what I’ve called vocal viruses. No, not coughs and colds, but the causes of slips and trips, stumbles and hesitations, filler words and fluffs. [1] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.