Voice - for iPad/Mac/PC
by National Theatre
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Description
There are references in some Shakespeare's plays to the vocal exercising of an actor before performance and the importance of enunciation and volume. In ancient Greek times, it was the greatest orators, those with the physical gift of a beautiful voice and a strong diaphragm, that were the actors and public speakers. Vocal exercises are part of an actor’s working life. There are many types of vocal exercises, and each addresses a different part of the vocal mechanism. You can look at each component as a cog in a machine that, when put together, will aid understandable and natural sounding speech that can easily be heard at the back of an auditorium. This collection takes you through a warm up and a series of exercises typical for actors in rehearsal at the National Theatre. The video is formatted for iPad/Mac/PC. For a smaller file size and faster download to mobile devices please us the SD link.
| Name | Description | Released | Price | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VideoVocal warm-up: Breathing | Breathing | 3/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 2 | VideoVocal warm-up: Resonance | Resonance | 3/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 3 | VideoVocal warm-up: Opening up the voice | Opening up the voice | 3/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 4 | VideoVocal warm-up: Articulation | Articulation | 3/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 5 | VideoText work on consonants in ‘To be, or not to be…’ | Voice work on Hamlet’s speech. | 4/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 6 | VideoText work on vowels in ‘O what a noble mind…’ | Voice work on Ophelia’s speech. | 4/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 7 | VideoText work on blank verse from Much Ado About Nothing | Language exercise on Much Ado About Nothing | 3/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 8 | VideoText work on prose from Saint Joan | Language exercise on St Joan | 3/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 9 | VideoVocal exploration of the Lyttelton | Vocal exploration of the Lyttelton | 3/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 10 | VideoVocal exploration of the Cottesloe | Vocal exploration of the Cottesloe | 3/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 11 | VideoVocal exploration of the Olivier | Vocal exploration of an epic space | 4/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 11 Episodes |
Customer Reviews
Is this 4 like college??
Is this 4 like college or something??
real gift
Thank you iTunes and National Theater for providing this gift of free voice lessons. I have paid for voice lessons in the past, and I appreciate every second of this instruction.
Awesome!
I tried the warm ups because I do a lot of reading aloud and that kind of thing and it helped a lot. I was rather surprised!










