Unit 1 Contents

Unit 2 Contents

Unit 3 Contents

Unit 4 Contents

Unit 5 Contents

Unit 6 Contents

1.1. Your voice and you

1.2. How will this course improve my voice?

1.3. How does Better Voice work?

1.4. Before you begin

1.5. Voice exercise: An introduction to the hum

1.6. How your body affects your voice

1.7. Follow-up resources

1.8. Before you start the next unit

2.1. Tips for all the voice exercises

2.2. Voice exercises: The essentials of the hum

2.3. Voice exercises: Help with humming

2.4. Better breathing: The Better Voice approach

2.5. Better breathing: The diaphragmatic breath

2.6. Follow-up resources

2.7. Before you start the next unit

3.1. Onward but not upward

3.2. Voice: Thinking horizontally

3.3. Voice exercises: Starting to move between notes

3.4. Voice exercises: Groups of five notes

3.5. Better posture: Keeping your head balanced

3.6. Follow-up resources

3.7. Before you start the next unit

4.1. Can you feel change happening yet?

4.2. Voice exercises: Opening your mouth

4.3. Voice exercises: Solving possible problems with opening your mouth

4.4. Better breathing: Relax and breathe out

4.5. Keeping your voice healthy

4.6. Follow-up resources

4.7. Before you start the next unit

5.1. Goodbye to the hum?

5.2. Voice: Forming words

5.3. Voice exercises: Mix and match consonants and vowels

5.4. Meet the friendly phrases

5.5. Better posture: Sitting well

5.6. Follow-up resources

5.7. Before you start the next unit

6.1. Bringing Better Voice into your life

6.2. Voice exercises: Next-door notes

6.3. Voice exercises: Float the notes

6.4. Better breathing: The complete breath

6.5. Better posture: Standing well

6.6. Before you go

6.7. What next?

1.7. Follow-up resources

How to achieve any goal: In this precis of a TEDx Talk (3 minutes) motivational speaker Reggie Rivers describes how focusing on your behaviour (which is within your control), and not your goal (which is outside your control), will get you where you want to go

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The power of a growth mindset: A TED Talk (10 minutes) by Stanford psychologist Professor Carol Dweck, who coined the term ‘growth mindset’ and has led research on the subject, on the power of believing you can improve:

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Grit: The power and passion of perseverance by Angela Lee Duckworth (6 minutes) is a related TED talk. As a teacher Duckworth was interested in what factors influenced a child’s success or failure, and as a psychologist she studies the influence of perseverance:

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Both Dweck and Duckworth focus on encouraging growth mindsets and perseverance in the young, but you may see useful parallels in your own life.

Unit 1 Contents

Unit 2 Contents

Unit 3 Contents

Unit 4 Contents

Unit 5 Contents

Unit 6 Contents

1.1. Your voice and you

1.2. How will this course improve my voice?

1.3. How does Better Voice work?

1.4. Before you begin

1.5. Voice exercise: An introduction to the hum

1.6. How your body affects your voice

1.7. Follow-up resources

1.8. Before you start the next unit

2.1. Tips for all the voice exercises

2.2. Voice exercises: The essentials of the hum

2.3. Voice exercises: Help with humming

2.4. Better breathing: The Better Voice approach

2.5. Better breathing: The diaphragmatic breath

2.6. Follow-up resources

2.7. Before you start the next unit

3.1. Onward but not upward

3.2. Voice: Thinking horizontally

3.3. Voice exercises: Starting to move between notes

3.4. Voice exercises: Groups of five notes

3.5. Better posture: Keeping your head balanced

3.6. Follow-up resources

3.7. Before you start the next unit

4.1. Can you feel change happening yet?

4.2. Voice exercises: Opening your mouth

4.3. Voice exercises: Solving possible problems with opening your mouth

4.4. Better breathing: Relax and breathe out

4.5. Keeping your voice healthy

4.6. Follow-up resources

4.7. Before you start the next unit

5.1. Goodbye to the hum?

5.2. Voice: Forming words

5.3. Voice exercises: Mix and match consonants and vowels

5.4. Meet the friendly phrases

5.5. Better posture: Sitting well

5.6. Follow-up resources

5.7. Before you start the next unit

6.1. Bringing Better Voice into your life

6.2. Voice exercises: Next-door notes

6.3. Voice exercises: Float the notes

6.4. Better breathing: The complete breath

6.5. Better posture: Standing well

6.6. Before you go

6.7. What next?

1.7. Follow-up resources

How to achieve any goal: In this precis of a TEDx Talk (3 minutes) motivational speaker Reggie Rivers describes how focusing on your behaviour (which is within your control), and not your goal (which is outside your control), will get you where you want to go

‍

The power of a growth mindset: A TED Talk (10 minutes) by Stanford psychologist Professor Carol Dweck, who coined the term ‘growth mindset’ and has led research on the subject, on the power of believing you can improve:

‍

Grit: The power and passion of perseverance by Angela Lee Duckworth (6 minutes) is a related TED talk. As a teacher Duckworth was interested in what factors influenced a child’s success or failure, and as a psychologist she studies the influence of perseverance:

‍

Both Dweck and Duckworth focus on encouraging growth mindsets and perseverance in the young, but you may see useful parallels in your own life.