When your mother soothed you with her soft murmurs after you skinned your knee, or were in bed with a temperature, or when your coach encouraged you with his cheers as you were nearing the finish line in the inter-collegiate competitions, or when your college professor sarcastically berated you for not having completed your history essay on time, or when your partner screamed at you irately for flirting with that riveting lawyer at the cocktail party last night, they all used their voice in very specific ways. Due to those sounds, you reacted in ways that were consonant in some fashion, with those sounds. You were soothed, you were encouraged, your felt guilty, etc.
Exactly the same thing happens with your own voice. Take a look at these examples:
- a friend greets you and asks how you are. Your answer is not necessarily negative, but your tone of voice is low, not hopeful
- you are having a telephone conversation with your brother about your job. Your tone of voice is not strong, because you feel that you might be downsized
- you are voicing a concern about your health to a colleague. Your tone of voice is worried
- you are recounting a near accident you had due to the carelessness of another drive. Your tone of voice is enraged
- you are speaking to your partner about a perceived slight. You are inscensed and your voice shows it
- you are discussing your finances with your spouse. They are not good. Your tone of voice is filled with desperation
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