Decibella Book
Description
Vocal Characteristics
Language
EnglishVoice Age
Young Adult (18-35)Accents
British (England - South East - Oxford, Sussex)Transcript
Note: Transcripts are generated using speech recognition software and may contain errors.
Desa Bella and her six inch voice. Written by Julia Cooke, Illustrated by Anita Eufaula My name is Isabella, but sometimes people call me Desa Bella and I have no idea why I like the name Isabella much better. I'm done with my test. Desa. Bella, do you have any books about squirrel monkeys De Sabella Mom at home? Sabella. Hi, Grandma de Sabella. I'll have the smiley face pancakes. Isn't that one of your students passed up? Popcorn, please. Today, my teacher asked me to stay in for recess so we could have a little chat. Isabella, I'm proud of you for doing so well on your social studies test. And your book report on squirrel monkeys was one of the very best. But today we need to talk about how to make a better choice. Sometimes you talk way too loud and you need to lower your voice. It's important that you speak loud enough for those who need to hear. But you don't want to speak so allow that people cover their ears. It kind of bugs others. When your voice is way too loud, sometimes you need to talk softer and I can show you how most of the time. When we are working in the classroom, you need to use your six inch voice. What's that? Your six inch voices halfway between your whisper voice and your table talk voice. My what? Isabella. You have five voice volumes, and you get to decide which one works best for you and others. When you're trying to get things done, there's whisper. Six inch table talk, strong speaker and outside. Let's use the word. Slurp a doodle and give each of them a try. Slurp Awada. Let's start in the middle. Say slurp a doodle in your table Talk voice. That's a voice that I'm using Now it's your regular talking boys. Slurp a doodle. This is the voice you will use the most. It's how people talk on TV. It's not too loud, and it's not too soft. It's as regular as it could be. Use your table talk voice when you are hanging out with your friends at the mall, talking on the phone or talking to others at the dinner table. Now shout Slurp a doodle as loud as you can slur. But all this is what your outside voice sounds like. You can hear it from far away. Use it to cheer on your team at the game or when you go outside to play. When you bring your outside voice inside, it gets you into trouble. Unless, of course, you have an emergency and you need to call for help, like last week when you accidentally got your hair caught in the door. Now find the voice that is halfway between your table talk boys and your outside voice and use it to say Slurp a doodle slur. But do so This is your strong speaker voice. You're strong speaker Voice is the voice that you use when you need to talk to a group, you need to breathe in deep, stand up tall, speak strong and try not to stoop. Use your strong speaker voice when you need to be a speaker, like when you are giving an oral report in class or acting in a play. Now let's go back to the middle again. Say slurp a doodle in your table Talk voice slurp Oduro Perfect. Now whisper slurp a doodle slurp doodle Isabella. This is what your whisper voice sounds like. It's the softest voice you can make you have to be right next to people you're talking to or they cannot hear what you say. Use your whisper voice when you're trying to be quiet in the library when you need to ask me a question during a test or when you're at the movie theater and you need to talk. But you don't want to bother people around you who are trying to watch the show. Now find your voice that's halfway between your table talk boys and your whisper voice and use it to say Slurp a doodle slurp a doodle. This is your six inch voice. That means if a person is more than six inches away from you, he can't hear your voice. Six inches is about the distance from your pinky to your thumb. So place your thumb on your chin like this and see if we can have some fun. Can you hear me now? Can you hear me now? Can you hear me now? Most of the time, when you are working in class, you need to use your six inch voice. When everyone uses their six inch voice, our classroom starts to buzz. Nobody makes too much noise, and our work gets done because we can talk and work and still stay on track. And our voices don't bug each other. A buzzing classroom sings. Guess what? We're working with one another. Isabella, you're in charge of how loud you are. You get to control your own voice. And now that you are a voice volume expert, I know you can make the right choice. Whisper six inch table talk, strong speaker outside. I'm done with my assignment. Thank you, Isabella, for using your six inch voice while working in the classroom. Do you have any books about three toed sloths? Thank you, Isabella, for using your whisper voice in the library. My report today is about planet Mars. Isabella. I love the way you used your strong speaker voice when you gave your oral report. Hi, Gramma. Hi, Isabella. It's so great to hear your voice. Ready or not, here I come. I just love it when I could be a sloughed as I want. Uh, now that I'm a voice expert, I think about what voice I use. My six inch voice works best in class but when I when I'm outside, I get to choose. I never bring my outside voice inside because it's way too loud unless I'm at a basketball game and I'm cheering with the crowd now. Other kids don't call me Desa Bella because I know what voice to use. There's a whisper, six inch table talk, strong speaker and outside. I get to choose. Uh, of course, I can use my outside voice inside if there's a need for urgency, like last week when I caught my hair in the door. Now that was a true emergency.