Hello, this is EMTC Lee Seunghee
I am a musical actor and currently working as a musical professor at a university
Nice to meet you all
Let's review the thyroid cartilage that we just learned
The structure of the thyroid cartilage affects vocal condition and can change the tone of your voice
So it transforms the speaking voice into a singing voice
There must be some who aren't used to singing
It may be more challenging to tilt the thyroid cartilage upwards
So now let's begin
Well, let's see if everyone is here
It seems like everyone's here
Now, let's all try to whimper softly together like little puppies
This time, like a cat
Follow me
What kind of voice do you hear?
A little soft?
You can unmute your mic and tell me
You must have heard some soft and sweet voice
And which muscle do you feel it to move?
Let's touch the part where we can feel the musle move with our hands
Yes, you'll feel it in the front of your voice box. Yes that's good
Okay just like how we did before, let's try to find it again
Coming down from your neck
It's a very big and hard thyroid cartilage. Not as big as this but still
you can feel the large thyroid cartilage
When you touch it, it's shaped very much like a shield
Please keep your hand there
While having your hand there, let's change from talking pitch to a sobbing pitch
Try to sob with your hands there
It moves a little, correct?
How does it move?
You may feel your thyroid tilting forward, slightly pushing your finger
With your hand still there, slightly bring it down and you'll feel a space
This space is called CT, the cricothyroid
Again, have your hand there and try to sob
You may feel it closing a bit
Where do you feel the effort? When you tilt
You may also feel the effort from where you touch
Now, if you look at pages 52 and 51. You can look at this
Oh you can't see it. Then when you look at page 51
The spot you have your hands on, the cricothyroid, You'll notice that while cricothyroid puts effort it tilts the thyroid gland
And when you look at top part of page 52,
You'll see the positions of the muscles that help tilt or straighten the thyroid gland
So when you tilt it, you'll feel that the back of the voice box is slightly raised
When it tilts, you may feel a slight effort under the thyroid gland and the chin
Okay let's try it again
This time, we'll count the numbers
I think I have a different material
Oh, you do?
If you have a chance, it would be nice to take a look at pages 51 and 52
Let's count together, but first, let's count to three in a slightly formal manner
Think of it as counting chopsticks or something in front of you in a formal manner
1,2,3. Let's count together
One-two-three
This time, like as if you're sobbing, one-two-three, one-two-three
Can you feel a slight change in the timbre you hear and the position of the effort you feel? In those two?
Let's continue on
There are two structures of thyroid cartilage: tilt and vertical, vertical and tilt
If you remember from it before, the thyroid looks like a shield
The thyroid is half of this
So it's either upright or tilted
In the future, when we do it together make sure to use your hand
Let's do the vertical thyroid cartilage hand signal first. If possible, please also show your upper body to the camera while doing the hand signal together
The hand signals help
Allow the vertical thyroid cartilage to breathe in and out comfortably
Normal speech, as if you are carelessly speaking
Try one-two-three-Ei, one-two-three-Ei
You'll feel a slight upright feeling
This time, we'll go with the tilted thyroid. The hand signal is also tilted
Now, with our warm motherly voice, mother voice
Try 'I love you what a lovely baby, Ei, Ei'
What a lovely baby, or if you have a puppy, a pretty puppy Ei Ei Ei baby Ei, it sounds a bit like a singing tone
I think you must have felt the position of singing too
Now, this time, we're going to touch the voice box again
Touch your voice box
Like a kitten, like a kitten we'll weep a little high and soft
The voice box tilts as it goes up
Now, we will cry very sadly and deeply this time
The voice box tilts as it falls
This tilt of the thyroid is independent of the height of the voice box and we can tilt it at any height
So when we sing, we can pay attention to the high and low pitches, right?
Now, this time, please do the vertical Ei and hand signal at a comfortable speaking pitch
We'll cut the vertical Ei and the tilt Ei and try it with the hand signal
Now, like talking Ei Ei, please do it with a comfortable pitch and comfortable effort
Like talking Ei, next, like singing Ei Ei Ei
It feels a bit like crying. Good job
Now, is there anyone who has a very low volume or a breathy sound when tilting?
When tilted, the body cover becomes longer and thinner, but do not change the body cover itself
Just keep the original vertical body cover as it is and tilt only the thyroid independently with comfortable effort
And feel the position of effort
Then the volume doesn't go down too much and only the tone can be slightly sweet Only the tone becomes slightly sweet
Now, for the last, we'll try it with silence, feeling the effort. You can touch your neck if you'd like
Do not hold or control your breath, just open your vocal cords and breathe in and out to react to the breath
Let's try it without sound with the hand signal
From the bored Ei to the crying Ei, together with the hand signal
Can you feel it well?
Now, shall we go around one by one?
Now, if it's okay for me to nominate, is there Mr. Ahn Tae-yeong?
It's very dark. Please come a little closer, and please unmute
-Yes -Yes, yes. Good
Yes, Mr. Ahn Tae-young, let's do what we just did
Let's try these separately, vertical Ei and tilted Ei , slightly bored Ei, and slightly sweet Ei
Ei
Yes, when you went vertical, it sounded slightly sweet. I think naturally you have a good voice
I think slightly tilted one is your attractor state.
So, let's make a vertical Ei sound more boring. Like you're in a boring party
-Let's try it with a comfortable pitch, just the vertical part - Ei
- Can you try doing "Uh-oh"? Uh-oh -Uh-oh, uh-oh
-Uh-oh, Ei, let's try this. -Uh-oh, Ei
Good. Did you feel the slight vibrato following?
Since it was slightly tilted, your tone was good. Just a little more
Uh-oh, Like your puppy is not listening to you. Why is he acting like that? Uh-oh, let's try to be firm and say no to him. Uh-oh, let's try this
-Uh-oh, Ei -That was it! You did a good job just now
-Uh-oh, Ei -You just pushed the sound a little. The previous one was really good. Did you feel the difference?
I feel it very subtly
You did well. This time, let's try tilted Ei
-While whimpering -Ei
You did well! When you did it earlier, there was a slight hesitation, but you did well just then
You did so well. But this time, let's start with vertical then continue with tilt
-From the vertical Ei we'll continue with the tilt Ei -Ei
Since your pitch is getting higher now, you have already tilted it. Let's continue with your talking pitch but not too low and try it from vertical to tilt
Ei
Yes, good, you did well. You're doing so well. Next person, let's give it a try
Park Dada? Mr. Dada
If you're not ready, you can pass it to the next person
Alright, let's go, Mr.Dada. Do them separately.
-Let's try the vertical Ei and tilted Ei -Ei, ei
Yes, your tilt is perfect. Your tilt is perfect.
I think everyone would sing really well already. Your voices are little sweet when doing vertical.
-Let's try the vertical one a little rude and dry voice -Uh, um
Stop stop, you don't need to tighten or contract your voice
-Just casually, a little rudely, a little arrogantly -Ei
-One more time, Ei -Ei
Well, let's try with a little glottal sound. Uh-oh.
-Uh-oh. The cat is not listening. Uh-oh, no, Uh-oh. -Uh-oh, Uh-oh. Ei.
-Uh-oh, Ei -Uh-oh, Ei
That's right! Isn't it very simple? Do you feel the difference from earlier, from the vertical?
Well, okay. This time, let's go from the vertical to the tilt with the same pitch and vowel sound. Try it with the same pitch and vowel sound, Ei
-With comfortable pitch and effort -Ei
It tilted again. It was a little rude at first and then became kind. Okay? Rude then kind.
-Yes, Let's try it again -Ei
-Great, how was it? Can you feel the adjustment? Well done. -Yes
Let's move onto the next person. Now, is it Ms. Song Chaeyoung?
-Ms. Song Chaeyoung? -Yes, yes, yes
-Yes, please give it a try. Start from vertical then tilt -Ei ei
Yes, you're did well with the tilting. Tilt is not easy
I feel a slight contraction from the vertical. So, reduce the effort a little and try to make it more comfortable, indifferent, and slightly boring. Let's try vertical Ei
-Ei -Well, from slack to slow vocal cords
Your approach was fine. But, Let's count the number.
-A little businesslike, one, two, three -One, two, three
-Okay, right there, one, two, three Ei -One, two, three Ei
Yes, it's good right now, but I feel a little bit of contraction? AS? so
-Just a little more, put energy a little more casually, one-two-three Ei -One-two-three Ei
-That's right, how about now? It's nothing, right? It's because your voice is so beautiful
Now, this time, connect it from vertical to tilted, with a slight sense of singing at the pitch of speaking.
-It’s at the same pitch, but the tone will transit from speaking to singing, and remember to connect it -Ei
Yes, you did well, Ms. Song Chaeyoung, you're doing so great. Can I ask you for the voiceprint later when you are ready? When it’s all done
-Yes. -Thank you. Next, let’s move on to Jung Jun.
-Ei -Oh, you've started already?
-Yes, comfortably. -Could you lower the pitch a little?
-Ei -That's right, good
-Your vertical is better than when you first did it. Did you notice the difference when you were doing the vertical
-Just now? -You did well just now.
Just when you began, rather than then, the recent vertical was closer to being vertical when you lowered the pitch
Did you feel the slight difference?
-Just now, the last one was tilted. -It was the second tilt, and before that, you did the vertical first
You did really well then when you lowered the pitch, but when you tilted,
While doing Ei, the tone became slightly darker than the vertical one and we can understand that is a signal that the voice box has slightly fallen
So, you were a little sad when you tilted, put it more like being slightly touched than being sad
So, let's try tilted Ei without getting slightly darker
-You are touched. Let's try tilted with the same emotion following the hand signal. Be touched -Ei
Good! Can you feel the difference? Earlier, you were sad, but now you did well
This time, try going vertically with the same pitch and then tilted. Start a little dry at first.
-Ei -Yes, yes, let's try again.
Now, as before, as the pitch gets higher, it gets slightly tilted from the vertical
When it was tilted, you put in more effort when there was already enough from the vertical, so the voice box had dropped
It would be good for you to practice adjusting this at the pitch of speaking.
-Let’s try it one more time -Ei
Yes, you did better with the adjusting this time. You tried to go down a bit, but you still maintained the pitch well. Practice more in that manner.
-Thank you. -Next, Ms. Kim Miseon?
-Yes, try it, please. Tilted and vertical separately -Ei Ei
-Let’s raise it a little bit. Let’s raise the pitch of the tone a little bit -Ei Ei Ei
You're doing well. You did well! When you tilted it, I heard a slight nasal sound. We're making a synchronous sound.
So it would be better if you do it in the synchronous sound so we don't hear much of the breathing when tilted
And now let's connect them, from vertical to tilt in a same pitch
-The pitch you just did was also good. Let's try it with a comfortable effort. -Ei Ei
In what number would you put the effort made when tilting it now?
-2? -2? Okay, then let’s use some more amount of effort up to 5.
A little more emotion, without getting darker, let's try it again
-Connecting from vertical to tilt. -Ei
That was great, you did well. Just remember no breathing sound when tilting when you practice
Alright, next we will have Bae Shin-yeon
-Vertical, tilted, vertical, tilted with relaxed pitch and effort -Ei
The tilt is perfect. I think everyone will sing well. So, as I said earlier, vertical isn't easy
The vertical wasn't bad but do it a bit more like you're speaking. Right now, it feels a bit hesitant
Just relax and casually try it in a one-two-three manner. Let's try it again
-Let's try just the vertical Ei -Ei Ei
-Sounds good. Shall we try it with Woo this time? -Woo
That's right. Woo sounds better when you do vertical and Ei becomes a bit like this
Woo Woo Woo, it has a vertical feel. Remember it well and let's continue with the same pitch.
-Vertical, tilted one after the other -Ei
You did really well when you did tilt only earlier, but just now when you continued to tilt, your voice box dropped
Did you feel that the tone became darker? So,
Keep your tongue in a high position because Ei is a vowel. Instead of being sad, let's be touched
-Let's try continuing the tilted from vertical without getting darker. -Ei
Still, it's getting darker, right? Let’s try to become a little happier. Happy, oh so happy!
-Let's try tilting one more time -Ei
-That was perfect. Did you get the feel of it? -Yes
-You can feel it. Great. -Next, we’ll go for Ms. Lee Ji-hwan.
Where are you, Ms. Lee Ji-hwan?
Oh the sound, it's not coming through well, I'm sorry but is it okay if you come a little close to the mic
-With your hand signal -Okay. Ei Ei
-That was good, now tilt Ei -Ei Ei
Wow, you did great! You did great! Why are you so good at this?
-Okay we'll go from one to the other, with the same relaxed pitch, from vertical to tilt -Ei Ei
You did great! There was a slight spreading of your vocal cord when you did tilt Ei so I think it'll be good to just remember the synchronous sound
So now all together. Wait everyone had a turn, right?
Okay so all together with a high pitch let's go from vertical Ei to tilt Ei
Let's all try it at a slightly higher pitch with a hand signal as well. For the final time
One, two, three Ei
Wasn't it that high?
Now, with a low pitch let's go do sad vertical Woo
One, two, three, Woo
Woo is much easier in the vertical position right? This time, let's try it in reverse
Let's try going from a slightly crying sound to a vertical one. Let's Woo together
One, two, three, Woo
It starts sweet and then becomes slightly dry. You did really well and now let's take a look at the voice prints
Everyone see that, right?
The horizontal axis represents time and the vertical axis represents frequency
The bottom line shows the basic frequency pitch, and it's shown that it's done at the same pitch
The lines above represent the harmonics that make up the chord
The left side is vertical sounds and you can see a very rich overtone, but there are tiny intermediate and high-frequency noises in between
On the right, when you hit the tilt sound, the noise disappeared a lot
So I suggested that instead of using an aspirated sound, it would be better to use a simultaneous sound.
The signal at the top represents the intensity of the sound and it's only like that at the beginning, the volume didn't decrease significantly
So we adjusted only the thyroid independently, without changing the body cover or the starting point.
-Ms. Song Chaeyoung, it would nice if you could share yours -Okay
-Is is working? Yes, please start with the vertical sound
-Please press the record button and start from vertical Ei to tilt ei -Ei Ei
-Could you scroll the one in the right up a little? -Shall I scroll it up more?
Oh, let’s try it one more time as if you look closely now, there isn't much low-frequency noise even in the vertical position
It's saying it's a very beautiful tone and it's already slightly tilted
Try one, two, three in a rude manner in tone when going vertical
-Let's try that again -One, two, three Ei Ei
Yes, that's good. Could you scroll up a little more?
Yes, now there seems to be a slight difference
So, in the vertical position, you can see a slight mid-high-frequency noise, and as you go to the right, the harmonic lines also become slightly thinner
After that, you can feel that the sound has become clean without noise.
-Thank you for your hard work. Just a moment, please. Stop the sharing, please -Okay
Finally, let me summarize it for you.
The condition of the thyroid cartilage affects the vocal quality by changing the tone
So, the voice quality, even the belting quality that we will be learning in the future
If we want to sound sweeter, we can use thyroid tilting
Thyroid tilting is what helps opera singers maintain their singing voice in the lower range
Thyroid raising is what helps pop or musical actors maintain their speaking voice in the higher range
Thyroid tilting also helps to smoothly transition without breaks or cracks in the high vocal range
It also helps when we want to create vibrato
As you may have experienced earlier when the voice box drops when other structures like the tongue are involved
Or it can happen due to high effort, as it spreads
To avoid that, it's good to practice checking for comfortable efforts, practicing to only tilt the thyroid
I also recommend practicing by feeling the position of effort without sound, as you tried earlier
Thank you so much, everyone. I hope to meet you again in the future. Thank you!
Thank you Seunghee, thank you, thank you very much