Voice

There are references in some Shakespeare's plays to the vocal exercising of an actor before performance and the importance of enunciation and volume. In ancient Greek times, it was the greatest orators, those with the physical gift of a beautiful voice and a strong diaphragm, that were the actors and public speakers. Vocal exercises are part of an actor’s working life. There are many types of vocal exercises, and each addresses a different part of the vocal mechanism. You can look at each component as a cog in a machine that, when put together, will aid understandable and natural sounding speech that can easily be heard at the back of an auditorium. This collection takes you through a warm up and a series of exercises typical for actors in rehearsal at the National Theatre.

Recent Episodes
  • National Theatre: Vocal Warm-Up
    Feb 27, 2017 – 11:19
  • Vocal warm-up: Breathing
    Mar 29, 2011 – 6:50
  • Vocal warm-up: Resonance
    Mar 29, 2011 – 3:29
  • Vocal warm-up: Opening up the voice
    Mar 29, 2011 – 2:59
  • Vocal warm-up: Articulation
    Mar 29, 2011 – 4:24
  • Text work on consonants in ‘To be, or not to be…’
    Apr 28, 2011 – 9:42
  • Text work on vowels in ‘O what a noble mind…’
    Apr 28, 2011 – 6:02
  • Text work on blank verse from Much Ado About Nothing
    Mar 29, 2011 – 8:02
  • Text work on prose from Saint Joan
    Mar 29, 2011 – 8:44
  • Vocal exploration of the Lyttelton
    Mar 29, 2011 – 3:15
  • Vocal exploration of the Cottesloe
    Mar 29, 2011 – 6:19
  • Vocal exploration of the Olivier
    Apr 28, 2011 – 8:55
Recent Reviews
  • Dandy handyman
    Great
    Great tool and very helpful.
  • The Flower Child
    Awesome!
    I tried the warm ups because I do a lot of reading aloud and that kind of thing and it helped a lot. I was rather surprised!
  • youknowhen
    cool
    i heard u hav to pay alot fr voice soo this is pretty cool:)
  • tyger's mom
    real gift
    Thank you iTunes and National Theater for providing this gift of free voice lessons. I have paid for voice lessons in the past, and I appreciate every second of this instruction.
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