3/09/2011

Voice Training Techniques Make Talking Easy

By Greg James


If you want to improve your work and social situations, you might want to look at strengthening one of the most important tools you have, the voice. If used correctly it can influence many things, and one way to do this is learning a few voice training techniques. While many believe only singers and actors train their voice, there are many businesses that actually focus their training on businessmen and others who may not use their voice to sing or act, but it is still their essential tool for their work.

By using techniques that normally only actors or singers would try, many businessmen and women are improving their speaking voice and confidence by turning to voice coaching. These help improve communication skills allowing them to express themselves clearly in business meetings and also works on the correction of diction and breathing.

Just like any other muscle, the vocal chords, small thin muscles that vibrate when air passes through them, need to be kept in good shape. The vibrations can be slow or speedy, so if they are well exercised, these shifts become easier. Just like if you were going for a run and you stretch your muscles beforehand, the voice needs to be warmed up.

There are many techniques available to exercise the voice, as there are also many things that effect it. Breath is what controls the voice, and breathing exercises are essential techniques. You must be able to control your breathing no matter what you are using your voice for, whether it making a speech or singing a song. To make your voice stronger and breathing easing, learning about intercostal diaphragmatic breathing is essential.

A bad posture can mean the voice weaker as your speech is effected by the body. It is not just the muscles that control speech directly that need to be exercised, so many other physical exercises can help strengthen the voice.

Once you have control of your body - your engine - you can shift focus to the mouth, lips and tongue. Keeping them in good shape, and knowing how to use them correctly to make the right sounds is very important.

There are many good voice training techniques online at the moment. Books, audio books, videos and even online classes are readily available, so there is no excuse to have an unfit voice.




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