Voice exercises

This exercise exploring the power of my voice was the most fun I have had with a project. The poem that I chose to read for the monotone/excited readings was The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere. I decided to use this poem because it was one that I had heard many times in my life but never read myself. For the children's story reading I used The Polar Express because it was a story that I thought fit my voice range.

I started with the recording of the monotone poem. This was more difficult than I had anticipated because I misdiagnosed how much conscious effort went in to reading with limited emotion. I had a much easier time with the excited reading because I was able to let loose and let the story dictate my tone. Both were an eye-opening experience into the power of my voice.

The children's story was equally as fun. I liked this part of the exercise because I was able to focus more on the actual inflection of my voice to aid the telling of the story. It was fun imagining that I was reading to a young child because I was imagining that I was reading it the way I would of wanted my parents to read to me.

These exercises were very fun and enlightening. I had no idea what the power and range of my voice was. It got me thinking on how the inflection in my voice changes without me knowing it. This was one of my favorite assignments of the semester.