Mock Exam

Question 1

What structures relate to power, source and filter?

Answer 1

Power: Lungs
Source: True Vocal Folds
Filter: Vocal Tract

Question 2

Name the two articulators.

Answer 2

Lip, tongue

Question 3

What is the function of the articulators?

Answer 3

To shape vowels and consonants.

Question 4

When the True Vocal Folds are in a closed fase is sound: more or less intense?

Answer 4

Less intense.

Question 5

Changes in _______ makes soundwaves.

Answer 5

Air pressure.

Question 6

What are the 3 main disiplines of estill training?

Answer 6

Craft, Artistry and Performance magic.

Question 7

Describe the bernuli effect.

Answer 7

As air flows through the glottis, the True Vocal folds get sucked together bringing them into vibration.

Question 8

Describe effort.

Answer 8

In the case of how hard and where the muscles are working on a scale of 1-10.

Question 9

Give 3 relaxation movements.

Answer 9

Tongue rolling/ Cleaning teeth, head and neck rolling, chewing.

Question 10

Name and describe the breathing technique used for singing.

Answer 10

Recoil. A sensation of breath rushing through the body without actively taking a breath.

Question 11

Voice use is a dynamic system, give an example.

Answer 11

Complex series of linked structures that are all linked and lowering or raising one another will cause and effect another to produce voice. Example: a short clavicular breath will raise the larynx.

Question 12

What do you understand is attractor state.

Answer 12

Postion of stability within the voice.

Question 13

What is your attractor state?

Answer 13

Low larynx, high tongue, smooth onsets.

Question 14

Clavicular breathing is used in what voice quality?

Answer 14

Belt.

Question 15

Name and describe the 3 True Vocal Fold onsets and offsets.

Answer 15

Aspirate (Gradual, Abrupt): vocal folds don’t fully close. Breath comes before the sound.
Smooth: breath and vocal folds closure happen simutaneously.
Glottal: sound/ ture vocal folds then breath comes through after.

Question 16

What are the 4 True Vocal Fold body covers?

Answer 16

Thick, Thin, Stiff, Slack.

Question 17

What structure can be found in a mid, constricted and retracted state?

Answer 17

False Vocal Folds.

Question 18

Identify a type of retraction that would sustain the above structure.

Answer 18

Silent laughing.

Question 19

True vocal folds are _____ and _____ at low pitches and _____ and _____ at high pitches.

Answer 19

Low pitches: Thick and short.

High pitches: Thin and long.

Question 20

Name the intrinstic pharyngeal cartilage that closes to deflect food and water down the oesophagus.

Answer 20

Epiglottis.

Question 21

What is the glottis?

Answer 21

Space between the True Vocal Folds.

Question 22

What is the vocal fold body cover that can be used to reset the layrnx?

Answer 22

Slack folds.

Question 23

What can sirens determine?

Answer 23

Passggios and your full vocal range.

Question 24

Describe myroning.

Answer 24

Sirening whilst mouthing the words.

Question 25

Name the two main cartilages in the larynx and their function.

Answer 25

Thyroid and Cricoid cartilage. Both can be vertical or tilted.

Question 26

In twang what is narrowed?

Answer 26

Aryeppiglottis Spincter (AES).

Question 27

What structure has it's roots at the front of the throat and what 3 conditions can it be placed in?

Answer 27

Tongue: High, Mid, Low.

Question 28

Name the 4 jaw conditions.

Answer 28

Foward, Mid, Back, Dropped.

Question 29

Name the 3 main lip conditions.

Answer 29

Protruded, Mid, Spread.

Question 30

What lip conditions makes the vocal tract longer/ shorter?

Answer 30

Protruded: longer. Spread: shorter.

Question 31

What is another name for the velum?

Answer 31

Soft Pallette.

Question 32

What is the velopharyngeal port?

Answer 32

Doorway from velum/ back door to the nose.

Question 33

In a high, mid and low velum condition what are the resonances?

Answer 33

High: oral. Mid: nasalized. Low: nasal.

Question 34

Descirbe anchoring.

Answer 34

Is technique where the bigger muscles are used to support the smaller muscles so the smaller muscles don't have to work as hard.

Question 35

Name the 2 complusory anchoring figures and their conditions.

Answer 35

Head and neck anchoring. Torso anchoring. Conditions: anchored and relaxed.

Question 36

What muscles are used in torso anchoring?

Answer 36

Pectoralis major, Quadratus lumborum, Latissimus dorsi.

Question 37

What are the parts of the tongue?

Answer 37

``` A - Body B - Tip C - Blade D - Dorsum E - Root ```

Question 38

What and where are the sternoclidomastiods (SCM)?

Answer 38

What?: muscles that help and support head and neck anchoring. Where?: behind skull that run to the neck underneath the ears and connect to the chest.

Question 39

Name the 3 conditions of larynx height?

Answer 39

High, mid, low.

Question 40

Name the 6 estill voice qualities.

Answer 40

``` Speech Sob Falsetto Twang Belt Opera ```

Question 41

Prompts to lower your larynx.

Answer 41

Gasp, imagine singing a very low note, opera singer.

Question 42

Prompts to raise your larynx.

Answer 42

Scream, imagine singing a very high note, short/ sharp breath.

Question 43

What is effort key to avoiding?

Answer 43

Larngeal constriction.

Question 44

What do the infrahyoid muscles do?

Answer 44

Lower the larynx.

Question 45

What do the suprahyoid muscles do?

Answer 45

Raise the larynx.

Question 46

What is the subglottis?

Answer 46

Pressure below the True Vocal Folds.

Question 47

What is volume linked to?

Answer 47

Linked to pressure of breath below folds (thicker folds = louder, thinner folds = quieter).

Question 48

Name the parts of the larynx.

Answer 48

``` Hyoid Bone False Vocal Folds True Vocal Folds Arytenoids Epiglottis Cricoid cartilage Thyroid cartilage Trachea ```