1. Why are the breathing exercises you have chosen important for vocal development or particularly for you?

One of the breathing exercises I have chosen was the one where you go; "Hoo Hoo- Hah Hah- Hor Hor- Hah Hah- High High- Hey Hey- Hee Hee"
I think this is a good way to develop your vocal skills, because you have to make sure you pronounce each word clearly as they could sound the same if you don't use you mouth properly.
I also think this is particularly good for me as I can be lazy when it comes to moving my mouth, so by doing this it's making me move my mouth to pronounce the vowels properly.
When we did this exercise, it pushes your diaphragm out just bellow your bellybutton.

The other breathing exercise I decided to do was the Alexander Position.
Personally, I find the Alexander technique really good to use, because it relaxes your whole body and gets rid of any unnecessary tension in your body.
It's helpful because I usually have quite a lot of tension in my shoulders and neck and that can stop me from using my voice to the best of my ability.


2. How can you use pitch, pause, pace and inflection to convey a particular emotion?

Well, when you're angry you tend to pick up the pace quicker and you usually use less pause and you emphasize certain words.
While when you're sad, most people lower the tone of their voice, they could use inflection but it's not that common, it depends what they're sad about. When you're sad you also use a lot more pauses in sentences, and slower down the pace.

You can use all of these different techniques to convey the way someone is feeling.