Chapter 2
Summary
-Chapter 2 is an introduction to anatomy. It lays out the basic terminology in reference to the body and gives a rough overview of some of the muscles involved in singing. It specifically gives a reader's digest version of all the different types of muscles, what they are made of and how they are named. Some of these include the cardiac muscle, smooth muscles, and skeletal muscles. Many of the skeletal muscles are used in singing. Muscles are often named by type such as geometric shape of the muscle, function of the muscle, location of the muscles, and description of the muscle. I loved that the most important part of our body that we use for singing is our brain because that is what connects and directs every other muscle and organ in our body that we use.
Application
-Knowing about the different kinds of muscles in the body and how to anatomically describe where they are located can help me to better understand and identify tension in my own body and in the bodies of my students that I can then use stretches or exercises to help alleviate the tension. I also think that understanding how our muscles are voluntary but not necessarily completely controllable helps in how we understand what our body does when we sing and the muscles we are natruallly using.
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