2023.09.20 – 0993 – The Diction-ary of Voice – P - Part 2

Pharynx – the area between the larynx and the nasal cavities

Phonation – the process of making sounds into words, which articulation turns into recognisable speech

Phonemes – the different smaller sounds which when combined form a word

Phrasing – delivering groups of words within a sentence to enhance meaning

Pickup – when you go back to re-record a small section of content, such as a sentence, because of a slip, trip or mispronunciation. A ‘take’ is a longer piece of content. Whereas a Take may be annotated 1, 2, 3 a Pickup will be marked A, B, C, so you may have “Take 21, Pickup C”, which helps the producer keep track of the ‘best bits’.

Pickup pattern – the three-dimensional area in which a microphone will best detect sound

Pitch - the relative highness or lowness of the register of voice, determined by the frequency of the vibration of sound: the faster the vocal folds vibrate, the higher the pitch that they create.

Placement – where you put your tongue in your mouth to create certain word-sounds

Playback on smalls – playing back a recording on small sub-optimum speakers to replicate how people will hear the produced version, at home or in the car

Plosives - the group of sounds in the English language which cause a small ‘explosion’ of air from the mouth, often at the start and end of words (‘stops’) such as b, d, g, k, p, t. (Put your hand in front of your mouth as you say these letters and feel that rush of air.) Plosives are sometimes called ‘breath blasts’, and travel from a speaker’s mouth directly into a microphone’s diaphragm, causing a moment of deep distortion

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