Voice and speech development - free course from 4brain, training 30 days, date November 29, 2023.

Dear friends! Here is a short online course on voice and speech development. Many of you have probably heard that a beautiful voice is a gift from God, or a natural gift, or a gift of fate. One way or another, many perceive a beautiful voice as a gift or gift. How do you feel about giving a gift... to yourself? Judging by the fact that you are reading the introductory part to our course, you are already mentally prepared for this.

If you think that Mother Nature has not given you a special beautiful voice, you can give it to yourself! Of course, a gift made by yourself always requires more effort and time than if you received it just like that. However, the bonuses and advantages that having a beautiful voice brings in this life will quickly pay for your investment of time and effort.

There is one more point: perhaps your voice has all the prerequisites to sound beautiful and convincing, but you have not yet been able to reveal it. This situation is also possible and also requires some work. You need to be able to handle your voice. It's like with an iPhone: it's a good thing, but if you don't know how to interact with it, it can be blocked for a long time.

So, how to make your voice beautiful? Is it possible to make your voice softer and more gentle? Is it possible to sound higher and louder? Or perhaps you'd like to add a nice, sexy huskiness to your voice? This is all possible if you seriously engage in voice development and speech development. We will teach you how to put on a voice yourself, at home.

Let us note that our course is a whole collection of useful knowledge accumulated by specialists in various fields of activity: lecturers, teachers of acting and stage speech, speech therapists, defectologists, otolaryngologists, singers, artists, presenters online seminars and streams, TV and radio presenters, DJs, representatives of other professions related to communications and using voice.

We have chosen the most important and most understandable for those people who have never studied voice training before or are only taking their first steps in this direction. However, current lecturers, teachers, event presenters and people who, by virtue of their occupation, must speak a lot and, preferably, beautifully and clearly, will also find something new for themselves.

Goals and objectives of the course

The goals and objectives of the course are generally clear from its title. However, we would like to make them more specific so that it is easier for you to navigate the material.

Why do we need our course:

• The development of speech in children and adults is an urgent task at all times, because the bulk of communication occurs precisely through oral speech. We have prepared for you breathing and diction exercises, entertaining tongue twisters, useful life hacks and educational materials. Our classes will help those who do not have the opportunity to attend training groups on stage speech, acting and public speaking.
• Voice development is also an urgent task, because the voice is needed for singing and speaking, work and leisure, expressing emotions and conveying information. We will introduce you to the structure of hearing and voice, offer special methods and exercises, after which the strength of your voice will noticeably increase. Proven techniques will allow you to achieve progress in the development of the speech and vocal apparatus, children's and adult voices. Using our course, you yourself can organize activities with children in the form of a game.
• Voice development - without this, voice development is impossible in principle. Special breathing techniques, training in diction and articulation, and working with resonators will be equally useful for both speech and singing. Our lessons will help you learn to speak beautifully, and perhaps take the first step on the big stage.
  Make your voice beautiful - even if you are indifferent to bright spotlights and loud fame, a beautiful voice will give you a noticeable advantage in your personal and professional life.

In general, whether you want to make your voice higher or lower, softer or softer, hoarse or rougher, you should take our course. And if you want to get rid of shortcomings in your voice and think that your voice is too weak, high, half-childish, or, conversely, rough and hoarse, voice training will also help you with this!

What is voice production

Voice training is the development of the vocal apparatus for use for ambitious professional and personal goals. As a result, the vocal apparatus begins to easily withstand heavy loads without harm to the vocal cords, and the voice acquires a special sound, richness of timbre and a wider range.

What does voice training give:

1. Adaptation to heavy loads on the voice (work of a teacher, lecturer, presenter, etc.)
2. The ability to control your voice according to the situation (make it higher or lower, louder or quieter, more emotional or calmer).
3. Getting rid of tensions (physical and psychological).
4. Getting rid of minor speech defects and partially masking large speech defects.
5. Beautiful sound.
6. Range extension.
7. Enrichment of timbre.

These arguments are quite enough for everyone to start voice training. However, there are areas of activity where a beautiful and well-produced voice is not a whim or a hobby, but a production necessity.

Who needs voice training?

Voice training is necessary for everyone whose profession is related to communications and other ways of using the vocal apparatus. And these are not only public people and representatives of creative professions!

Professions that require mandatory voice skills:

• Theater and film artists.
• Dubbing and voice over actors.
• TV and radio presenters.
• Newscasters.
• Singers and vocalists.
• DJs and event hosts.
• Presenters of seminars, trainings and online streams.
• Politicians.
• Speakers and stands.
• Teachers of schools and universities.
• Conference speakers.
• Scientists.
• Directors and top managers.
• Sales managers.
• Call center operators.

If you imagine yourself in any of the listed professions, you should take up voice training and learn to speak beautifully. And at the same time, do not get tired and do not expose your vocal cords to overload.

How to learn this?

You can learn basic techniques that will make your voice better on your own. This is precisely why we have prepared our course, which will help increase the power of your voice, improve your voice for speech, for singing, for everyday communication and professional activities. This program is equally suitable for adults and children, for men and women without age restrictions.

To achieve a positive result, you should consistently go through all the lessons of the course, master the program and perform the exercises. Be sure to pay attention to the recommended didactic material, because there you will find more detailed, detailed explanations on all the topics covered in our course. If you follow all the recommendations for improving your voice, you will notice changes for the better even before finishing our course.

In ancient times, people had to resort to the most sophisticated tricks in order to master the elements of producing a beautiful voice: speaking with stones in their mouths, to improve diction, hang a sword over your shoulder to wean yourself from unnecessary shoulder movements, etc. You are much luckier: you can achieve results using much more humane methods, because we are entirely for the safety of your teeth and mucous membranes, skin and nerves cells.

Of course, if you want to reach the highest professional level of acting, after completing our course you will definitely need to continue voice training. However, you can take the first step right now!

How to take the course?

Classes should be completed sequentially, from lesson 1 to lesson 8, without skipping. Study the illustrations, do not skip the exercises, do not ignore the explanations and recommendations for the exercises. If you find it more convenient for you to read the entire lesson first and then move on to the exercises, that is also an option. The main thing is not to skip the practical part, because a beautiful voice is, first of all, training and practice, which will definitely bear fruit over time!