When delivering a speech the relative highness or lowness of your voice is referred to as?

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Confidence through pitch

- Pitch is the relative highness or lowness of someone's voice, and how they move within that range. Now, you can think of your vocal chords like a rubber band. The shorter and looser, the bigger the vibrations and the lower it sounds. (rubber band twanging) As you stretch the vocal chords, they tighten and they vibrate faster and you get a higher sound. (rubber band twanging) There are four basic pitch ranges for most people. The first level is zero, which we call creaky voice. That sounds like this. You can hear what I'm saying, but I'm not projecting much sound, and it would be a challenge to listen to me for a long period of time. There are some languages where creaky voice actually changes the meaning of a specific word. Now, above level zero is level one. Also known as your chest voice, where many people feel naturally inclined to speak. It's called the chest voice, because you can actually feel…

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  • The interplay between the verbal and nonverbal components of your speech can either bring the message vividly to life or confuse or bore the audience. Therefore, it is best that you neither overdramatize your speech delivery behaviors nor downplay them. This is a balance achieved through rehearsal, trial and error, and experience. One way to think of this is in terms of the Figure \(\PageIndex{1}\): Goldilocks Paradigm: you don’t want to overdo the delivery because you might distract your audience by looking hyper or overly animated. Conversely, someone whose delivery is too understated (meaning they don’t move their hands or feet at all) looks unnatural and uncomfortable, which can also distract. Just like Goldilocks, you want a delivery that is “just right.” This middle ground between too much and too little is a much more natural approach to public speaking delivery. This natural approach will be covered in more detail in the following sections where we discuss specific aspects of your delivery and what you need to think about while actually giving your speech.

    When delivering a speech the relative highness or lowness of your voice is referred to as?
    Figure \(\PageIndex{1}\): The Goldilocks Paradigm of Delivery

    Nonverbal Delivery

    Many speakers are more nervous about physical delivery than vocal delivery. Putting our bodies on the line in front of an audience often makes us feel more vulnerable than putting our voice out there. Yet most audiences are not as fixated on our physical delivery as we think they are. Knowing this can help relieve some anxiety, but it doesn’t give us a free pass when it comes to physical delivery. We should still practice for physical delivery that enhances our verbal message. Audience members primarily take in information through their eyes and ears. Beyond the actual words of your speech, the nonverbal communication that accompanies your verbal messages affects your credibility.

    Gestures

    Feet

    Objects

      The Lectern and Posture

      When delivering a speech the relative highness or lowness of your voice is referred to as?
      Figure \(\PageIndex{5}\): Government and military leaders use an erect posture to communicate confidence and professionalism during public appearances. Wikimedia Commons – public domain.

      Facial Expressions

      When delivering a speech the relative highness or lowness of your voice is referred to as?
      Figure \(\PageIndex{6}\): Facial expressions are key for conveying emotions and enthusiasm in a speech. Jeff Wasson – Immutable Law Of The Universe #2 – CC BY 2.0.

      Eye Contact

          Personal Appearance

          Vocal delivery includes components of speech delivery that relate to your voice. Incorporating vocal variety in terms of volume, pitch, rate, and pauses is key to being a successful speaker. Our voice is important to consider when delivering our speech for two main reasons. First, vocal delivery can help us engage and interest the audience. Second, vocal delivery helps ensure that our ideas are communicated clearly. We have all had the displeasure of listening to an unengaging speaker. Even though the person may care about his or her topic, an unengaging delivery that doesn’t communicate enthusiasm will translate into a lack of interest for most audience members. Although a speaker can be visually engaging by incorporating movement and gestures, a flat or monotone vocal delivery can be sedating or even annoying.

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          Rate

          Pauses

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            Vocal Variety

            Articulation

            Pronunciation

            What refers to the highness or lowness of voice?

            pitch, in speech, the relative highness or lowness of a tone as perceived by the ear, which depends on the number of vibrations per second produced by the vocal cords.

            What refers to the highness or lowness of a tone as perceived by the ear which depends on the number of vibrations per second produced by the vocal cords *?

            Where voice is concerned, pitch refers to the highness or lowness of a tone, perceived through the sense of hearing, that correlates with the fundamental frequency or rate of vibration of the vocal folds.
            Pitch - Relative highness or lowness of a sound. Pitch range - Distance between the highest and lowest tones that a given voice or instrument can produce.

            Is the relative loudness or softness of your voice as you deliver a presentation or speech?

            Volume. Volume refers to the relative softness or loudness of your voice.