Voice and Speaking Skills For Dummies

Chapter 9

Expressing Yourself Fully with the Power of Resonance

In This Chapter

Producing your voice at different pitches

Speaking expressively

Coming from places of confidence, authority and passion

Expanding your range

In this chapter I share with you the most important secret of a great voice, the one thing that gives your voice tonal quality, that amplifies your voice and that provides the basis for such a variety of sounds. It’s resonance.

Resonance is the physical vibration of your vocal folds through your body. When you produce your voice without constriction, resonance produces vibrations in different parts of your body as you express different energies such as determination or empathy. Discovering how to use resonance opens the way to being able to express yourself powerfully and influentially. In this chapter, I introduce you to the different resonators in turn.

Beginning to Explore Resonance

If your voice didn’t resonate, it would be feeble. Your vocal chords are like tiny rubber bands and don’t produce much sound on their own. They need the resonating cavities of your ...