This 13 page guide is designed to help you find new aspects and abilities in your voice as an improviser. It contains an overview of the components of speech: rate, cadence, prosody, and intonation and a sheet that will help you analyze the voice as it pertains to your improv practice. Find FIVE vocal exercises to practice your pace and rate control, cadence and rhythm, and pitch and tone. Then there are SIX MORE improv exercises for scenes, FOUR solo exercises, and FIFTEEN (!) additional variations of these exercises.That's 30 things you can do. Wow!
What is in this workbook
1. The four core components of vocal musicality (Speech Rate, Cadence, Prosody, and Intonation) that you can use to define a character.
2. A checklist of key questions to analyze your own vocal habits and character work, helping you make more conscious and specific choices for the exercises.
3. Five foundational "mechanics" exercises designed to help you understand, and develop precise control, over your pitch, pace, and rhythm.
4. Six dynamic, performance-focused group exercises (Dubbing, Ranting, and more) to help you work on vocal characterizations from the ground up. (One exercise has two primary performance versions)
5. Four solo exercises to work on your own.
6. Fifteen additional variations on these exercises to try new things in class, or on your own.