Speech technique, exercises. Speech breathing - ANNOUNCERS.com
Wind whistle: SSSSSSS...
The sound of the forest:
SHSHHHHHH...
The sound of a mosquito: ZZZZZZZ...
Bee buzzing: ZHZHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH…
The cry and cawing of a crow: KRR! KRR! KRR!...KARR! CARR! CARR!…
Magpie chatter: TRR! TRR! TRR!…
Engine roar: RRRRRRRRRRRRR...
The sound of an electric bell:
RRRRRRRRRRR...
Here you should pay attention to the operation of the diaphragm. Then her voltage is minimal. The air seems to flow out into nature - with the buzz of a beetle or the noise of the forest. When the engine rumbles or an electric bell sounds, the voltage increases. The air is expelled forcefully. When a crow screams and croaks, or a magpie chatters, the diaphragm moves energetically and actively, pushing out the air in jerks.
Voluntary control of exhalation
Imagine that you are standing in the sea up to your chest. Breathing is calm. Hands extended to the sides. Now sharply lower your arms down to your sides, while exhaling air. The sea water raises your hands again - at this time you need to inhale. Lower your arms again, counting out loud: one, two, three. Raise your hands with a sigh and lower them, counting: one, two, three, four, five, six. Then until 9, 12, 15, etc. Then reverse order. It is imperative to coordinate the movement of your hands with the counting. Until you finish counting, don’t give up ahead of time. Try to feel the resistance of the water under your hands. They fall smoothly because... the water holds them, and you can easily manage them: sometimes lower them down more slowly, sometimes faster.
Air intake training
We imagined that we were skiing, with ski poles in our hands. Feet together. Slightly alternately pushing off with sticks, we slide faster and faster. On the count: one! two! (out loud) - pushed off, first with one hand, then with the other, squatting slightly. On the count: three, four - (mentally, not out loud) - inhale, while continuing to push off. Counting: five, six - out loud, seven, eight - mentally. Etc.
And now we continuously, without pauses, count all the numbers out loud, running faster, moving faster, squatting deeper, counting faster. At the same time, do not hold your breath. We automatically take a breath. You should not think about breathing, but listen to how the voice sounds. Speech must be free! If you feel tension in the sound of your voice, then instead of words you can substitute syllables: mmu! mmo! mma! Mme! Mmi! mmm!.. The consonant sound “m” will help relieve tension from the vocal apparatus, because requires less energy to pronounce, while being the most sonorous. And the breath is expelled in jerks on the words of the count.
Breath control exercise
Stand in front of the mirror, straighten your back, do not hunch. Fill your lungs with air in three seconds. Take in the air through your nose so that the stream goes into the middle of the nostrils and does not spread along their walls. In no case should the air be drawn in, but flow in smoothly and evenly. Make sure your inhalation is silent. Hold the air for the next three seconds. Keep your ribs raised and spread apart as you inhale in this position. Finally, over the next three seconds, exhale. The air passing through the nose should not touch its walls. The exhalation should be uniform, smooth, without shocks and silent. The lower ribs relax, and the shoulders and upper chest should not droop. Do all this on the first day. On the second day, hold the air for 4 seconds, on the third day - for 5. Let's arrange it in the form of a table:
First day 3 - 3 - 3 Second day 3 - 4 - 3 Third day 3 - 5 - 3 Fourth day 3 - 5 - 4 Fifth day 3 - 5 - 5 Sixth day 4 - 5 - 5 Seventh day 5 - 5 - 5
At first, do the exercise for no more than one and a half minutes. On the first day, do the exercise ten times. On the second day, repeat the previous exercise twice and move on to the next one. And so on. When these exercises are easy, move on to this scheme:
5 — 5 — 6 5 — 5 — 7 5 — 5 — 8 5 — 5 — 9 5 — 5 — 10 6 — 5 — 10 7 — 5 — 10 8 — 5 — 10 9 — 5 — 10 10 — 5 — 10
After two months, the exercise time can be increased from one and a half to two minutes. With a weak and diseased heart, it is necessary to limit air retention in the lungs.
Exercise "hexameter"
Take one of Homer's works. "Iliad" or "Odyssey". For example:
«He walked along a rocky path up from the bay, through the wooded mountains, to where Athena said, where the divine swineherd lived, caring about the affairs of the lord more than all the household, the slaves of Odysseus. He found the swineherd sitting in the hallway. The courtyard stretched out in front of him wide in a place protected all around. He surrounded the entire hut. In the absence of the owner, the swineherd fenced off the yard for the pigs, having hauled stones, without asking the lady, without asking the elder Laertes. Wild pear trees crowned that high stone fence.”
Read aloud one line of poetry in one breath without pauses:
He took a rocky path up from the bay
Then, also without pauses, in one breath, read two lines - the same one and the next one:
He followed the stone path up from the bay, through the wooded mountains, there, as Athena said,
Then three lines:
He went along a rocky path up from the bay Through the wooded mountains, there, as Athena said, Where the divine swineherd lived, about the affairs of the lord
Add one line at a time until you can breathe. Then reverse the order. With practice, you will be able to read quite a lot in one breath. The purpose of these exercises is to develop the mobility and freedom of the diaphragm so that it can serve the speaker’s speech and maintain support under various speech characteristics.
Try to come up with your own breathing exercises. For example, you can imitate the actions of a woodcutter. Accompany the blow of the ax with a sound similar to “he”! The air with this sound is expelled from the lungs and, due to the movement of the diaphragm, they are instantly filled again. Exhalation and inhalation are short, energetic, free. Just don't overexert yourself! Chop easily, playfully.
Don’t let this activity seem like some kind of eccentricity to you. This is a normal feature of voice training. A good mood and game components help to relax the body, especially the muscles of the phonation pathways. And therefore, it is possible to quickly identify the natural timbre of the voice and develop it most effectively. Less irony, more faith, and you will definitely be able to develop your speech and learn to speak beautifully and freely!
Courses and trainings in public speaking and craftsmanship
The origins lie in childhood. This is where correct posture and the foundations of physical and vocal skills are laid. Unfortunately, the human body is very vulnerable during its formation. But, fortunately, our body, even in adulthood, remains flexible enough to catch up.
We do not waste precious time on a scrupulous analysis of the traumas and influences that became the probable cause of speech problems - we work with what we have. Our speech and communication trainings for children, teenagers and adults are designed for all age groups.
Trainings for children include everything that constitutes training, the “school” of the studio. Voice, speech, movement, vocal and communication lessons. This is the “runway”, the foundation, without which there is no path to adulthood, to a professional career. We make full use of game techniques, and, if necessary, organize individual lessons and personal consultations for parents.
Communication training for teenagers required the use of a large amount of material from related disciplines. Young people learn to control biological and social mechanisms using more than one hundred exercises. Teenage communication is inextricably linked with the growth and development of personality. Teenagers have a keen sense of beauty, charm, charisma - and enthusiastically embody the best examples in their behavior. Beautiful timbre, depth and charm of the voice, richness of language, facial expressions and gestures, confident, free posture. This is the portrait of a man for whom nothing is impossible in life. This image radiates success, energy and positivity!
At speech, communication and special trainings for adults, we don’t just talk about smart speakers, a rich vocabulary or video recording techniques, but we teach in practice how to enrich vocabulary, how to become a speaker yourself, how to communicate with any audience, how to use video recording and any modern equipment in their performances. We teach anyone and everyone to master all the techniques of public speaking and interpersonal communication. We teach the art of expressive speech. To become a leader, you must, like Gaius Julius Caesar and Cicero, master all the techniques of oratory. Our school of oratory is the most unique courses in practical speech, public speaking and communication skills in Moscow.
Our courses include speech production, voice production, speech technique, communication, oratory. Developing the Studio's methodology, defending all the best that has been developed over 20 years of its existence, corporate trainings (business trainings) and VIP trainings have embodied all the most effective and fruitful of the Studio's developments.
How to breathe correctly?
Most people are accustomed to breathing through the chest, but such breathing is not correct, and with it you will not achieve the desired results, since when breathing through the chest you limit your body's supply of oxygen.
What kind of breathing is correct?
Breathing with the stomach, or more precisely, with the diaphragm, is considered correct and more useful. When you inhale, the diaphragm tightens and lowers, allowing the lungs to fully expand. When you exhale, it relaxes, the dome of the diaphragm rises, compressing the lungs and pushing air out of them.
Diaphragmatic breathing is considered correct breathing.
How to learn to breathe correctly?
- First of all, lie on your back, close your eyes and relax. Nice start?
- Now place one hand on your stomach and the other hand on your chest. Inhale and notice which hand remains motionless and which one rises. It is important to ensure that when you inhale, the hand that lies on your stomach rises.
- After you learn how to breathe with your stomach while lying down, get back on your feet and repeat your skill while standing.
- Voila! You have already mastered the correct breathing technique! But we can’t stop there.
Speech breathing exercises
"Warm-up"
First you need to tune in to the exercises and just breathe a little. Even if you are a professional, warming up is a very important component of any exercise. Therefore, under no circumstances should it be neglected.
Take a short but deep breath in through your nose, hold for a couple of seconds, then exhale smoothly through your mouth.
Don't forget to monitor your breathing correctly! We breathe only with the stomach, not with the chest. To make it easier for you, do not remove your hands from your stomach and chest during exercises, this will make it easier to monitor your breathing technique.
Let's voice the exhalation
Inhale, then exhale. But you don’t need to play your favorites, just take a breath again and as you exhale say the following sounds:
- Eeeeeeeee
- Eeeeeee
- Aaaaaaaaa
- Ooooooh
- Uuuuuuu
Important! Pronounce the sounds in exactly this sequence.
The sound “and” promotes intense blood circulation. The sound “e” activates the throat (put your hand on your neck and feel the vibration). “A” includes the chest area, “o” increases blood supply to the heart and, finally, “y” has a positive effect on the lower abdomen.
Now we invite you to dream a little!
"Tarzan"
First, imagine yourself in the role of the famous Tarzan. Stand up straight, clench your hands into fists, take a deep breath, then loudly say the sound “ee” and at the same time beat your chest with your fists, imitating the famous hero. Repeat this algorithm, “aaa”, “oooh”, “oooh”.
This exercise not only effectively affects your breathing and voice, but also protects you from colds. After exercise, your bronchi are cleared of mucus, which makes your breathing more free.
"Flowers"
Now imagine that at the moment you are in a flower field or in a flower shop and inhaling the aromas of flowers. Place one hand on your stomach, the other on your ribs. When you inhale, your stomach should move forward and your ribs should expand. The inhalation should be short. Then exhale smoothly and slowly, saying “pfffff.” Your stomach should gradually tighten and your ribs should lower. We recommend repeating the exercise 2-3 times.
"Candle"
For this exercise you will need narrow paper (2 cm wide, 8-10 cm long). Imagine that this paper is a candle flame. Then start blowing out the candle. But remember, you are not making a wish now by trying to blow out, or even blow away, all the candles at once! Now you are trying to achieve even breathing so that our paper flame does not go out, but only tilts a little. If the paper is in the same position throughout the entire exhalation, then you have achieved evenness in your breathing. If the paper trembles, leans back and forth, then you still need to work on its evenness.
"Check"
Take a breath and raise your hands up. Then lower them, exhaling and counting out loud at the same time (one, two, three...). Try to achieve such a result that when you exhale you can count to as many numbers as possible. Then repeat this exercise, counting backwards.
"Getting air"
Now you and I mentally find ourselves on the ski track, and it seems that we are lucky to get to the competition! But you need to put your feet together and start pushing off with imaginary sticks, first with one hand, then with the other, gradually accelerating, while squatting slightly, then the squats should be deeper and deeper. Now let's start counting out loud. It is important not to monitor your breathing, but to take in air “automatically.” Here you should enjoy the sound of your voice, learning to inhale discreetly when necessary.
If you find it difficult to do this exercise with numbers, pronounce the drawn-out sound “m” in combination with different vowels (mma, mme, mmo, etc.). This will help relieve vocal tension and require less release of your energy.
In addition, the sound “m” helps to activate the work of the chest and abdomen. Without opening your mouth, say the “m” sound first quietly, then a little louder, and a third time as loud as you can until your vocal cords tighten. When you hold your hand on your stomach, you will immediately feel the vibration.
Poems, novels, plays, etc.
Choose your favorite passage from a novel, story, poem and try to read it in one breath. Over time, try to add a line or a sentence, not forgetting about the manner in which information is presented (try not only to say everything in one breath, but also to use your voice to describe what you are talking about).
When performing exercises, it is important to feel as comfortable as possible.
Tongue Twisters
Everyone's favorite tongue twisters, proverbs and sayings are an excellent assistant in the development of speech breathing. Try to read a tongue twister, saying or proverb in one breath, also paying attention not only to breathing, but also to the clarity of speech.
Final tips
- To achieve the desired result, it is important to exercise systematically. This is the main rule in any business.
- Even if you are a professional with many years of experience, you should never forget about speech breathing exercises in order to keep your breathing and your voice always in good shape.
- It is best to do the exercises in the morning, so you will charge yourself with positivity for the whole day, and your breathing and voice will be warmed up in the morning.
- When doing all the exercises, it is important that you feel comfortable and at ease. Under no circumstances should you be tight, shy, closed off, etc. You should be as relaxed, uninhibited and ready for any feat as possible. Otherwise, success will not be achieved!
- We also advise you to record your voice on a voice recorder, so you will monitor its changes, hear your mistakes and know what else you need to work on.
We sincerely believe that you can achieve incredible heights in your business. In turn, we will try to help you with this by publishing useful tips. Who knows, maybe in the future we will create masterpieces together?
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