'CONNECT' 44 - Tips on Public Speaking - Pitch of Your Voice

The Pitch of Your Voice

He who wants to persuade should put his trust not in the right argument, but in the right word. The power of sound has always been greater than the power of sense.
Joseph Conrad

In a way public speaking and singing in a concert are similar. Both use voice is the medium to impress the audience. Both use the throat and the vocal muscles to project what the person wants to deliver. Both have to be pleasing and appealing to the ears of the audience. Both establish an emotional bond with the audience using the sound as the medium of communication.

Pitch is the highs and lows of our voice. Varying and using the appropriate pitch will be pleasing to the ears of the audience both in singing as well as in public speaking. Pitch is determined by the rate of vibration of the vocal cords and by how tight or relaxed is our vocal cord. This vibration in turn is determined by the thickness of the vocal cords. Whenever we are overcome by extreme emotions such as irritation, anger etc., the thickness of the vocal cords are affected.

When we speak, as I said earlier, we should use inflection. Here is how the pitch of our voice is important to show our emotions. Pitch is not a genetic factor, though we may our own natural pitch. We can certainly control our pitch while speaking as present a emotionally powerful voice.

NC Sridharan

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