Tips on Tonal Skills

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Tonal Skills

Sound is the basic for all language skills. Group of sounds form words and group of words form

sentence. Strong awareness about sounds and its applications will lead to mastery in

communication.

Tonality skills are the knowledge of voice and its components and how to use them effectively

in a communication process.

Traits of People who got good tonality skills

Good Voice projection

The two most important factors of voice projection are breathing technique and resonance.

One should learn how to breathe properly from the diaphragm to properly and strongly project

his voice. To breath from the diaphragm your stomach should expand when you are breathing

in & contract when you exhale.

Creating Well-Formed Sentences

Formation of sentence with simplicity, choosing of write words and nullified grammatical errors

will create clarity in a communication.

Having a diverse vocabulary

The ability to use more words and words which gives the exact meaning will create clarity and

value to the communication.

Speaking Clearly

Speaking clearly & slowly will get the interest of the listeners. What you need to do is speak

every word slowly.

Having a good Pace & tonality

If you speak really slow or really fast, people will have trouble following you. Awareness about

the pace in mind when we converse with others is very important.

Explain things easily

Don’t expect everyone to be an expert in the subject you are speaking about, use simple words

& go from one scenario to another slowly.

Being straightforward & honest

Everybody loves a person which is genuine & who speaks honestly. Don’t try to hide any details,

instead be honest about it even it if puts you in a bad position – people admire that.

Components of Voice

Tone

Clarity

Words

Emotions

Volume

Pitch

Modulation

Components

of

VOICE

Tone

The overall quality of a vocal sound created during a communication process. Tone underscores

the emotion in the speaker’s voice. The tone in a person’s voice is a mirror to his emotions.

Tonality is often evidence of either the gap or correlation between the words that one uses and

what one actually feels.

Pitch

The quality of a sound governed by the rate of vibrations producing it; the degree of highness

or lowness of a tone. The frequency at which we speak, that is, high or low. Our pitch is an

indicator of the degree in sound and is not influenced or affected by changes in volume.

Volume or Loudness

Sound Loudness is a subjective term describing the strength of the ear’s perception of a sound

Clarity

Sound clarity is defined as the accuracy; enjoy ability or intelligibility of sound that has been

created during a verbal communication.

Words

It is the perfect usage and the formation of words in a sentence formation.

Modulation

It is the process of using the tone, pitch, volume and other aspects of communication and

thereby to create a proper sound which is audible, accurate and amicable.

Emotions

Any of the particular feelings that characterize such a state of mind, such as joy, anger, love,

hate, horror, etc.

Accent

A distinctive mode of pronunciation of a language which is associated with a particular nation, locality, or social class.