Getting physical
deeper and more pleasant.
· Take Breaths from Your Stomach, Not Your Chest. Short breaths reduce vocal quality.
Breathing deeply from the diaphragm allows a richer, more relaxed sound.
In addition, for effective speechmaking, avoid the monotone voice (particularly Estonians!).
· When we want to convey something very important and serious, we all tend to talk in a
lower tone (and, inciden tally, at a slower pace.)
· In ordinary conversation, we speak in the midrange between bass and
treble.
· And when we are excited or a little silly, our voices creep up to the higher
range.
Accents
Do Southerners or "New Yorkers" have an advantage or disadvantage? Rush's rule for answering
that question is as follows: " . . . I don't mess with it unless the accent will hurt another person's
credibility or render him unintelligible
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