The Music
This is an outline for a speech I have given. You may use the outline as is, but I
believe it will prove more useful as an idea generator.
If you like this work, please let me know -- like
all creative souls, I really appreciate knowing someone was able to use my effort. You can
also e-mail me an idea or two of your own. I'll add it to my page and give you proper
credit.
The Music
- Introduction.
- The most powerful word in any language is a person's own name. [At this point in the
speech, I chose a person's name and said it four times, each time with different vocal
inflection. Once as if I were angry, once as if I were in love, once as if I were begging,
and once as if I were asking a question.]
- It isn't the sound of the letters that make speech so powerful, it's the music behind
the sound.
- Just as music has several components (such as tempo, melody, harmony), so has speech.
Here are a few.
- Love. -- The love in your music was planted there by family and friends as you grew up.
Your parents held you and played with you. This placed love in your music that will shine
forth as you grow older and communicate with others.
- Joy. -- This is the joy you hear in a child's laugh as that child rides on a carousel.
It is not the shallow laugh of an adult listening to some joke, but the deep, abiding joy
of a child.
- Authority. -- This is the sound of someone who has a special knowledge or power. For
example, I once took a tour though an old coal mine. The guide told the group "Stay
together, or you may wander around in this mine for a long time." We all stayed
together! His voice had authority -- not necessary love or joy, but the authority to make
us listen.
- Conclusion. -- The music in your voice helps you to communicate with others. If your
music includes love, joy, or authority, then people will listen to you.
This Document Last Modified on April 29, 1998.
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