Your voice is a tool that can contribute to your success both professionally and in your personal life. With your voice you can convince, excite, charm and inspire confidence. You can learn articulation to make sounds clearly, you can learn to speak so that you can be heard in the back rows without much effort on your part. And, at the same time, it does not matter at all what voice you have from birth. By exercising, you can even easily get rid of the local accent.

Not only a voice box, but also the whole body is a participant in speech activity. In order to properly master the voice, you first need to learn how to breathe with the help of the diaphragm. During normal communication, we inhale the air superficially, the air accumulates only in the upper sections of the lungs. If we want to get a deep, pleasing chest tone, we must use a diaphragm.

Correct posture and leg muscles also play a huge role in the sound of our voice. With proper posture, the heart and lungs are supplied with oxygen faster. Fast walking calms and supports the work of the heart. Stand up straight, distribute your weight evenly on your legs, lift your chin slightly, try to feel your body with a musical instrument from which you can extract the most beautiful sounds.

A beautiful voice always vibrates slightly. To create the desired resonance, it is necessary to master the techniques of deep breathing. A person with a high timbre of voice uses a very small volume of air during a conversation, and, in principle, this is quite enough for a normal conversation. But if you want to give a long speech or impress listeners with a baritone, then you need a lot more air to improve the quality of your voice.

It is quite difficult to change the habit of talking the way you are used to. Necessary read aloud a lot, record your speech on a voice recorder, reproduce, catch errors and overwrite many times over. Pay attention to the timbre, articulation, expressiveness, tempo. Be very critical, as if you are evaluating an outsider. If you come across new words while reading, it is better not to be lazy and check their pronunciation in the dictionary.

VOICE is a unique musical "instrument" The impact of voice vibrations on organisms. Since the time of the most ancient civilizations of mankind, people have known the healing power of individual sounds and sound combinations uttered by their own voice. Mantras are of particular importance. In Russia, with the help of vocal therapy, treatment has been carried out since ancient times. The melody of old Russian folk songs, sometimes built on 2-3 notes, strikes with its diversity and beauty. She offers to go from unison to consonance, teaches harmonization of the external and internal, tuning the body and soul in accordance with objective laws. vowels:<А>- relieves any spasms, heals the heart and gallbladder;<И>- treats eyes, ears, small intestines, stimulates cardiac activity, "clears" the nose;<О>- revitalizes the activity of the pancreas, helps to eliminate problems with the heart;<У>- improves breathing, stimulates and harmonizes the work of the kidneys, bladder, prostate gland (in men), uterus and ovaries (in women);<Ы>- treats ears, improves breathing;<Э> - improves brain function. ATTENTION! To enhance and concentrate the therapeutic effect of pronounced or “sung” sounds (sound combinations), experts recommend putting your hand on the area of ​​the body where the organ (or system) undergoing sound therapy is located, and imagine this organ healthy and actively working. The degree of human development is influenced by various sound frequencies that affect the chakras (energy systems) - both negatively and positively. Music best perceived by a person determines the degree of his development. To find out more about a person, they ask him: “What kind of music do you like?” VOICE is a unique musical "instrument" given to man by Nature itself. The human voice vibrates whenever it sounds (when talking, singing, whispering). And a more perfect (in particular, from a therapeutic point of view) musical instrument suitable for a particular person simply does not exist. * * * The art of singing is, first of all, correct breathing, which is one of the most important factors of a healthy life. Of all the means of music therapy, SINGING has the strongest effect on the body. / When a person is sick, his voice “sits down”, becoming deaf and colorless. With our own singing (healing sound extraction) we can influence a diseased organ or system, returning a healthy vibration to it. Note. VOCALOTHERAPY methods (this is how singing treatment is scientifically called) are actively used all over the world for the treatment and prevention of both physical and mental disorders: neuroses, phobias (obsessive, painful fears of something), depression (especially if it is accompanied by diseases). respiratory tract), bronchial asthma, headaches, etc. * * * Each organ of our body has its own “voice”. The "sound" of diseased organs differs from the sound of healthy ones. This abnormal "sound" can be corrected by teaching the person how to sing correctly. / Good opera singers are physically healthy people and, as a rule, long-livers. * * * When a person speaks or sings (in a word - “sounds”), then, according to various estimates, from 60 to 85% of the sound vibrations of his voice goes to the internal organs (absorbed by them) and only 15-40% - to the external environment . / Our body is by no means indifferent to what the very 60% of its own - produced (produced) by the person himself - sound "food" will be, which he - the body - will have to (or has to constantly - daily) "digest" and "assimilate". Note. The leading Russian music therapist S. Shushardzhan and his colleagues from the Research Center for Music Therapy and Medical Acoustic Technologies conducted research on the effect of vocal therapy on the lungs and other vital organs. As a result, scientists came to the conclusion that the sound generated during singing, only 15-20% goes into the external space (the rest of the sound wave is absorbed by the internal organs, bringing them into a state of vibration). * * * The child uses his voice without hesitation - he screams and speaks as he breathes, unlike many adults who over the years lose their natural ability to express themselves in sounds and words (some mumble, others mumble monotonously, and still others become completely “voiceless”, experiencing a not-too-good personal experience silently and deep inside). * * * What voice a person will speak in his life largely depends on his mother. It is her voice, which changes endlessly in various situations of communication with the child, that at an early age the baby takes as a kind of standard (the baby begins to imitate in the voice, first of all, his mother). Now many experts seriously suggest that expectant mothers begin developmental activities with a child already in the period of its intrauterine development - to talk, sing songs and start harmonious music for him. /Abroad for pregnant women, special bandages for the abdomen with stereo mini-speakers are produced. * * * Singing is very beneficial for pregnant women and their future children. The transitions of the singing voice from high to low sounds and vice versa activate the growth of those organs and systems of the child that are tuned to certain sound frequencies. The baby's hearing organs get the training they need and stimulate the brain. / Several decades ago, the famous French obstetrician Michel Auden organized a-capella choirs of expectant mothers in his clinic. Especially for them, simple vocal exercises were developed. As a result, more viable, calm and strong babies were born. * * * The tonal range of the human voice - from its lowest to its highest sound - is usually located in the range from 64 to 1300 Hz, and the colloquial ("everyday") voice occupies about one tenth of this scale. * * * It has long been known that singing is one of the best breathing exercises (respiratory muscles are trained, diaphragmatic breathing is improved, bronchial drainage improves, the vital capacity of the lungs increases). / The famous Hungarian composer Z. Kodály wrote in 1929: “A wonderful means of rhythm is the discipline of the nerves, the training of the larynx and lungs. All this puts singing next to physical culture. Both are needed daily - no less than food. * * * With joint singing (in a duet, choir), as well as with attentive listening to the singer for some period of time, the boundaries of each human soul from among the participants in this process are revealed, there is a striving towards each other (singing and heartfelt listening). / The same applies to just music (without words). * * * The effect of singing on a person in ancient times was used by many peoples to combat a wide variety of ailments (our distant ancestors intuitively guessed the presence of great healing power in singing, but were not able to scientifically explain this phenomenon). / For example, in ancient Egypt, with the help of choral singing, they were treated for insomnia. In ancient Greece, Democritus extolled singing as a specific remedy for the treatment of certain types of rabies, while Aristotle and Pythagoras recommended singing in the treatment of mental illness and insanity. * * * In Russia, the Slavs believed that the SOUL itself sings in a person and singing is its natural state. Therefore, working with sound (its strength, longitude, pitch), rhythm, breathing, intervals not only brings you closer to high-quality and technical performance of songs, but also ensures success in painstaking work on the correction and formation of a person’s personality to a greater extent. In the positive orientation of the individual during folklore singing, an important role is played by the original manner of sound production. Each locality has its own characteristics. But there is one feature that is characteristic of the manner of sound production in any corner of Russia - when the sound is sent as if into space, the lips stretch in a smile, forcing the use of the so-called. front resonator. / You sing and smile, and due to this, the sound becomes bright, clear and free. Gradually, as a result of the systematic training of a smile, the qualities of sound are transferred to the personality of a person. Soon, the outer smile becomes an inner smile, and through it we begin to look at the world and people. / Note. In Russia, with the help of vocal therapy, from ancient times, the treatment of patients was carried out (the patient was put in a circle of people and they danced around this person). In addition, they simply sat around the patient so that he was in the center of maximum sound impact - at the point where the “body of sound” really grows up and down, capturing the space and all its components with its vibrations. / If the disease is really a failure of the normal internal bioenergetic rhythms of a person, then the song and singing in this case is a very strong healer. * * * In folk songs, one does not lie with one's voice, trying to make it more beautiful than it is: they sing openly. But it is precisely this openness that makes any voice beautiful. By the way, the covered voice of the academic manner of performance (as opposed to the folk one) sounds as if the vibrations are directed upwards (to the palate), and the so-called sound is used to amplify the sound. "posterior resonator" (i.e. the far side of the mouth). The "folk" sound is characterized by the use of the "front resonator" (the sound is not directed upwards, but forward - to the one for whom it is intended). Note. Even with elementary sound production, we already include our real or supposed interlocutor in the process of “living” the sound. This person turns out to be important for us, and we for him, because we are in the vibrational field of his speech or singing (and, conversely, he is in our field), we perceive these vibrations and inevitably resonate with them (more precisely, we are, as it were, “offered enter this resonance). / Remember how “contagious” is a cry or laughter, sobs about loss or the delight of gain (victory). Often, without realizing it, we, even passing by (in the literal and figurative sense), for a long time bear the state of those who “sounded” in a certain mood. * * * According to experts, when working with song folklore, along with the study of individual psycho-emotional states, there is also a correction of individual traits of a person's personality. Closure, shyness, aggressiveness are gradually leveled and turn into their opposite. / Scandal and anger are destructive because they are not rhythmic in our world subject to various rhythms. They break the established harmony, regularity, beauty of intertwining melodies. In addition, on the physiological plane, all negative emotions that are the result of undesirable personality traits cause a delay in breathing, break its rhythm, which cannot but negatively affect the general well-being of a person. This also involves the one who is drawn into the scandal. Note. Breathing is very important for human health. Working on lengthening the exhalation for the purpose of high-quality performance of folklore songs, we not only create conditions for increasing the volume of the lungs and their high-quality ventilation, but also enhance the relaxation moment directly related to exhalation (relaxation) as the antonym of inhalation (tension). Probably, without any scientific calculations, our ancestors were aware of this. “Chain” breathing, which is practiced when practicing folklore singing, not only teaches the continuity of sound, but also increases the duration of exhalation, the depth and fullness of inhalation, which increase depending on the use of the lower (abdominal) type of breathing. In the course of mastering “chain” breathing (with choral folk singing), the work includes that subtle ear that we have practically not used until now - the ability to hear the breath of another and feel when he has to take a breath, so that this does not happen simultaneously with you and did not interrupt the sound. / Restoration of free breathing when practicing folklore singing occurs subconsciously and is manifested not only in terms of freedom of breathing, but also in improving well-being, in changing the view of problems that previously seemed unsolvable and dangerous to a person. * * * Singing is a unique breathing exercise in which everything is taken into account. Singing cures bronchial asthma and other broncho-pulmonary diseases, sinusitis. The influence of lyrics on life

Since the time of the most ancient civilizations of mankind, people have known the healing power of individual sounds and sound combinations uttered by their own voice. Mantras are of particular importance. In Russia, with the help of vocal therapy, treatment has been carried out since ancient times.

The melody of old Russian folk songs, sometimes built on 2-3 notes, strikes with its diversity and beauty. She offers to go from unison to consonance, teaches harmonization of the external and internal, tuning the body and soul in accordance with objective laws.

vowels:
<А>- relieves any spasms, heals the heart and gallbladder;
<И>- treats eyes, ears, small intestines, stimulates cardiac activity, "clears" the nose;
<О>- revitalizes the activity of the pancreas, helps to eliminate problems with the heart;

<У>- improves breathing, stimulates and harmonizes the work of the kidneys, bladder, prostate gland (in men), uterus and ovaries (in women);
<Ы>- treats ears, improves breathing;
<Э>- improves brain function.

ATTENTION! To enhance and concentrate the therapeutic effect of pronounced or “sung” sounds (sound combinations), experts recommend putting your hand on the area of ​​the body where the organ (or system) undergoing sound therapy is located, and imagine this organ healthy and actively working.

The degree of human development is influenced by various sound frequencies that affect the chakras (energy systems) - both negatively and positively. Music best perceived by a person determines the degree of his development. To find out more about a person, they ask him: “What kind of music do you like?”

VOICE is a unique musical "instrument" given to man by Nature itself. The human voice vibrates whenever it sounds (when talking, singing, whispering). And a more perfect (in particular, from a therapeutic point of view) musical instrument suitable for a particular person simply does not exist.

* * *
The art of singing is, first of all, correct breathing, which is one of the most important factors in a healthy life. Of all the means of music therapy, SINGING has the strongest effect on the body. / When a person is sick, his voice “sits down”, becoming deaf and colorless. With our own singing (healing sound extraction) we can influence a diseased organ or system, returning a healthy vibration to it.

Note. VOCALOTHERAPY methods (this is how singing treatment is scientifically called) are actively used all over the world for the treatment and prevention of both physical and mental disorders: neuroses, phobias (obsessive, painful fears of something), depression (especially if it is accompanied by diseases). respiratory tract), bronchial asthma, headaches, etc.
* * *
Each organ of our body has its own "voice". The "sound" of diseased organs differs from the sound of healthy ones. This abnormal "sound" can be corrected by teaching the person how to sing correctly. / Good opera singers are physically healthy people and, as a rule, long-livers.

* * *
When a person speaks or sings (in a word - “sounds”), then, according to various estimates, from 60 to 85% of the sound vibrations of his voice go to the internal organs (absorbed by them) and only 15-40% - to the external environment. / Our body is by no means indifferent to what the very 60% of its own - produced (produced) by the person himself - sound "food" will be, which he - the body - will have to (or has to constantly - daily) "digest" and "assimilate".

Note. The leading Russian music therapist S. Shushardzhan and his colleagues from the Research Center for Music Therapy and Medical Acoustic Technologies conducted research on the effect of vocal therapy on the lungs and other vital organs. As a result, scientists came to the conclusion that the sound generated during singing, only 15-20% goes into the external space (the rest of the sound wave is absorbed by the internal organs, bringing them into a state of vibration).

* * *
The child uses his voice without hesitation - he screams and speaks as he breathes, unlike many adults who, over the years, lose their natural ability to express themselves in sounds and words (some mumble, others mumble monotonously, and still others become completely “voiceless”, experiencing not too much successful personal experience silently and deep inside).
* * *
What voice a person will speak in his life depends largely on his mother. It is her voice, which changes endlessly in various situations of communication with the child, that at an early age the baby takes as a kind of standard (the baby begins to imitate in the voice, first of all, his mother). Now many experts are seriously suggesting that expectant mothers begin developmental activities with a child already in the period of its intrauterine development - to talk, sing songs and start harmonious music for him. /Abroad for pregnant women, special bandages for the abdomen with stereo mini-speakers are produced.

* * *
Singing is very beneficial for pregnant women and their unborn children. The transitions of the singing voice from high to low sounds and vice versa activate the growth of those organs and systems of the child that are tuned to certain sound frequencies. The baby's hearing organs get the training they need and stimulate the brain. / Several decades ago, the famous French obstetrician Michel Auden organized a-capella choirs of expectant mothers in his clinic. Especially for them, simple vocal exercises were developed. As a result, more viable, calm and strong babies were born.

* * *
The tonal range of the human voice - from its lowest to its highest sound - is usually located in the range from 64 to 1300 Hz, and the conversational ("everyday") voice occupies about one tenth of this scale.

* * *
It has long been known that singing is one of the best breathing exercises (respiratory muscles are trained, diaphragmatic breathing is improved, bronchial drainage improves, the vital capacity of the lungs increases). / The famous Hungarian composer Z. Kodály wrote in 1929: “A wonderful means of rhythm is the discipline of the nerves, the training of the larynx and lungs. All this puts singing next to physical culture. Both are needed daily - no less than food.

* * *
With joint singing (in a duet, choir), as well as with attentive listening to the singer for some period of time, the boundaries of each human soul from among the participants in this process are revealed, there is an aspiration towards each other (singing and heartfelt listening). / The same applies to just music (without words).

* * *
The effect of singing on a person in ancient times was used by many peoples to combat a wide variety of ailments (our distant ancestors intuitively guessed the presence of great healing power in singing, but were not able to scientifically explain this phenomenon). / For example, in ancient Egypt, with the help of choral singing, they were treated for insomnia. In ancient Greece, Democritus extolled singing as a specific remedy for the treatment of certain types of rabies, while Aristotle and Pythagoras recommended singing in the treatment of mental illness and insanity.

* * *
In Russia, the Slavs believed that the SOUL itself sings in a person and singing is its natural state. Therefore, working with sound (its strength, longitude, pitch), rhythm, breathing, intervals not only brings you closer to high-quality and technical performance of songs, but also ensures success in painstaking work on the correction and formation of a person’s personality to a greater extent. In the positive orientation of the individual during folklore singing, an important role is played by the original manner of sound production. Each locality has its own characteristics. But there is one feature that is characteristic of the manner of sound production in any corner of Russia - when the sound is sent as if into space, the lips stretch in a smile, forcing the use of the so-called. front resonator. / You sing and smile, and due to this, the sound becomes bright, clear and free. Gradually, as a result of the systematic training of a smile, the qualities of sound are transferred to the personality of a person. Soon, the outer smile becomes an inner smile, and through it we begin to look at the world and people. / Note. In Russia, with the help of vocal therapy, from ancient times, the treatment of patients was carried out (the patient was put in a circle of people and they danced around this person). In addition, they simply sat around the patient so that he was in the center of maximum sound exposure - at the point where the “body of sound” really grows up and down, capturing the space and all its components with its vibrations. / If the disease is really a failure of the normal internal bioenergetic rhythms of a person, then the song and singing in this case is a very strong healer.

* * *
In folk songs, they do not lie with their voice, trying to make it more beautiful than it is: they sing openly. But it is precisely this openness that makes any voice beautiful. By the way, the covered voice of the academic manner of performance (as opposed to the folk one) sounds as if the vibrations are directed upwards (to the palate), and the so-called sound is used to amplify the sound. "posterior resonator" (i.e. the far side of the mouth). The "folk" sound is characterized by the use of a "front resonator" (the sound is not directed upwards, but forward - to the one for whom it is intended).

Note. Even with elementary sound production, we already include our real or supposed interlocutor in the process of “living” the sound. This person turns out to be important for us, and we - for him, because we are in the vibrational field of his speech or singing (and, conversely, he is in our field), we perceive these vibrations and inevitably resonate with them (more precisely, we are, as it were, “offered enter this resonance). / Remember how “contagious” is a cry or laughter, sobs about loss or the delight of gain (victory). Often, without realizing it, we, even passing by (in the literal and figurative sense), for a long time bear the state of those who “sounded” in a certain mood.

* * *
According to experts, when working with song folklore, along with the study of individual psycho-emotional states, there is also a correction of individual personality traits. Closure, shyness, aggressiveness are gradually leveled and turn into their opposite. / Scandal and anger are destructive because they are not rhythmic in our world subject to various rhythms. They break the established harmony, regularity, beauty of intertwining melodies. In addition, on the physiological plane, all negative emotions that are the result of undesirable personality traits cause a delay in breathing, break its rhythm, which cannot but negatively affect the general well-being of a person. This also involves the one who is drawn into the scandal.

Note. Breathing is very important for human health. Working on lengthening the exhalation for the purpose of high-quality performance of folklore songs, we not only create conditions for increasing the volume of the lungs and their high-quality ventilation, but also enhance the relaxation moment directly related to exhalation (relaxation) as the antonym of inhalation (tension). Probably, without any scientific calculations, our ancestors were aware of this. “Chain” breathing, which is practiced when practicing folklore singing, not only teaches the continuity of sound, but also increases the duration of exhalation, the depth and fullness of inhalation, which increase depending on the use of the lower (abdominal) type of breathing. In the course of mastering “chain” breathing (with choral folk singing), the work includes that subtle ear that we have practically not used until now - the ability to hear the breath of another and feel when he has to take a breath, so that this does not happen simultaneously with you and did not interrupt the sound. / Restoration of free breathing when practicing folklore singing occurs subconsciously and is manifested not only in terms of freedom of breathing, but also in improving well-being, in changing the view of problems that previously seemed unsolvable and dangerous to a person.
* * *
Singing is a unique breathing exercise in which everything is taken into account. Singing cures bronchial asthma and other broncho-pulmonary diseases, sinusitis.

Introduction

Many people owe a large part of their success to the voice. As well as physical appearance, people judge the voice of a stranger, a teacher, a radio presenter, or a politician within the first few seconds. It doesn't matter if you're famous or not. Despite the memorable appearance of some famous people, remembering them, we first of all remember the voice.

The voice, for a person, is as important as his appearance, manners, image, ability to keep himself in public. This is the tool by which people convey their message to the audience. Mutual understanding between the speaker and listeners in the audience depends on voice and speech data. Voice can attract listeners, convince them of something, win their support and trust. You can stir people up or put them to sleep, charm or repel. The human voice is a powerful instrument.

The human voice is the most perfect musical instrument

Throughout human history, people have created many musical instruments. Both the drum and the shepherd's horn claim the title of the oldest of them, but the most important, the very first and, by the way, the most perfect musical instrument, whose history begins back in the days of Pithecanthropes and Cro-Magnons, is voice. The same age as humanity, a gift presented by generous nature to every child, and how to dispose of such a gift later, people decide for themselves.

Here is how the writer Irakli Andronikov describes the “apparatus” of Fyodor Ivanovich Chaliapin: “I looked into Chaliapin’s throat and saw there ... The throat, it seemed wider than Chaliapin’s neck. The palate - it rose high with a vault under the very eyes of Chaliapin. Tongue - he trembled and dutifully settled down near the very roots of the teeth. There was not a single superfluous detail in the throat, and it was all regarded as a wonderful architectural structure.

In terms of its passionate intensity, in terms of the strength of the emotional impact on the listeners, not a single instrument can be compared with the voice. That is why vocalists always have more fans and fans than the best instrumentalists. At the concerts of famous singers, the audience falls into an ecstatic state and literally goes crazy. And it has always been, regardless of time and genre. At the performances of Chaliapin and Caruso, the fans fainted in the same way as at the concerts of the Beatles or Michael Jackson. In a word, voice is a terrible power.

Based on all the above facts, we are convinced that nature has given man unlimited possibilities that cannot be compared with any technical device. For example, Ellen Beach Yo in 1896 on January 19 at Carnegie Hall, New York, began her aria with the note “mi” of the 4th octave. Another five megahertz "up", and her voice alto-altissimo would cease to be audible to the audience. And the lowest note in the history of vocals is the “A” note of the counteroctave (55 hertz / vibrations per second), taken by the famous “octavist” (owner of the profundo bass) Casper Foster (1617-1673). For comparison, it must be said that after twenty hertz “down” already infrasound begins, causing listeners to worry, bordering on insanity. From the sound of 7 hertz (seven oscillations per second) you can even die. Luckily, 7Hz octaves don't exist. There are, of course, technical devices - generators capable of reproducing both ultrasound and infrasound. There are also musical synthesizers that vary sounds in a wide musical range, but ... synthesizer generators cannot sing.

The human voice apparatus is nothing special in comparison with traditional musical instruments. The larynx, together with the airways located above it, should be classified in size in the same group as the piccolo flute (one of the smallest). However, experienced singers are able to compete with all man-made instruments - both one-on-one and with an entire orchestra. Scientists in their studies have shown how such a wide range of sounds is achieved during singing, and revealed the surprisingly complex patterns of the work of the elements of the vocal apparatus and their interaction.

For half a century, experts have explained the properties of the human voice using the so-called linear theory of speech acoustics, according to which the sound source and the sound resonator (or amplifier) ​​work independently. Now, however, scientists have learned that non-linear interactions, in which the source and resonator influence each other, play an unexpectedly important role in the generation of the human voice. And thanks to the latest research, we already understand how great singers manage to produce mesmerizing sounds.