Allysah Dickerson

                                                                                                                              period 6

                                                                                                                              November 7 2007

 

 

 

                             WHAT IS TONE?

 

    Most people use tone in every day life.  But do we really know what tone is?  So lets start with what tone means.  Tone can mean the quality of a person's voice like, he started in a nervous tone.  And tone can mean the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound).  For example "the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely".  Here are some other definitions of what tone means.  A notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound.  utter the same sound and repetitively and rhythmically.  To vary the pitch of one's speech a steady sound without overtones.

    You can improve your tone by improving your breathing.  Because you have to breath correctly to improve on your tone. Also, You should never work directly on the breathing. Because You get the proper breath support for your tone as you prepare your larynx not to move, and your outer muscles to relax. When you use a speech-level approach to singing, everything, including how much air you use to move your cords, that happens automatically.

    A larynx is known by most people as the voice box, in which you use every day to communicate with other people.  The "voice box" is an organ in the neck.  Sound is generated from the larynx it is were pitch and that is were volume and pitch come from.

    You use tone in every day life like when you play a flute, drums, trumpet, trombone or any other instrument.  You even use tone when you communicate with people you know by talking.  Or to be more specific anything that makes a sound.

    If you want to improve music your music it's important to know what tone is.  Along with other things like the coricet breathing, pitch and so much more.

                            

             I GOT MY INFORMATION FROM WIKIPEDIA

      AND THE DEFINISHIONS FROM DEFINE:TONE GOOGLE