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

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?

4.6. Follow-up resources

Mindfulness: Information about mindfulness is everywhere nowadays, perhaps a measure of how much it is needed in our over-busy, pressured lives. Ruby Wax is well known as someone whose mind, in her own words, ‘left town’ at one point, but her book Sane New World (Hodder and Stoughton, 2013) is intended for anyone interested in taming their mind, and has good background science about how the brain works as well as lots of suggestions for exercises to promote a more mindful and peaceful life.
The effects of stress on your speaking voice: Voice coach Nancy Daniels describes the negative effects stress has on your voice, and reinforces our message about the importance of diaphragmatic breathing: www.selfgrowth.com/articles/the_negative_effects_stress_has_on_your_speaking_voice
‍Least dehydrating alcohols: Not all alcohols are created equal, and some will dehydrate you less than others. It also depends how you drink them: www.foodandwine.com/news/whats-least-dehydrating-alcohol

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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

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?

4.6. Follow-up resources

Mindfulness: Information about mindfulness is everywhere nowadays, perhaps a measure of how much it is needed in our over-busy, pressured lives. Ruby Wax is well known as someone whose mind, in her own words, ‘left town’ at one point, but her book Sane New World (Hodder and Stoughton, 2013) is intended for anyone interested in taming their mind, and has good background science about how the brain works as well as lots of suggestions for exercises to promote a more mindful and peaceful life.
The effects of stress on your speaking voice: Voice coach Nancy Daniels describes the negative effects stress has on your voice, and reinforces our message about the importance of diaphragmatic breathing: www.selfgrowth.com/articles/the_negative_effects_stress_has_on_your_speaking_voice
‍Least dehydrating alcohols: Not all alcohols are created equal, and some will dehydrate you less than others. It also depends how you drink them: www.foodandwine.com/news/whats-least-dehydrating-alcohol