does pitch pretty much mean anything?

Question

the other day i was practicing a monologue for my drama class and i realized you have to keep your pitch all the same level, is that true?

sorry not 'anything'.i meant everything

Answer 1

Pitch almost means everything! DO NOT be monotonous. Nothing ruins a perfect monologue than a monotonous tone. Add inflictions, pauses, raises. This add spice to your show. Nobody likes a boring cookie; you have to add chocolates, icings, cinnamon, raisins, you get the idea. Changes in your pitch add flavor. The only reason to be monotonous is to demonstrate that you have memorized the words or if your character is in that situation, which i doubt (even if he/she is, you should try taking a different approach so you could add inflictions.) Another reason why pitch is important is so that you can easily place an emphasize the right syllable. It is hard to do so if you have a monotonous tone where every syllable sounds alike.
It is very hard to get rid of pitch. This comes naturally with your voice. It probably takes more work to get rid of a pitch than to develop one. If the assignment is to do one, then you are not really performing a monologue, but instead RECITING one. The difference is that one lets you act (what you should be doing), where as the latter just demonstrates your memorization ability (good job for you).

Answer 2

Pitch? Um, I'm not sure quite what you mean by that--emotion or volume? If you mean either, I'd say no--natural speech has variations in rhythm, tempo, volume, and pitch (if a voice is high or low, husky or full, etc.) that communicate the importance and emotion behind the words we say. When I do a monologue (for what it's worth), I map it out like a piece of music because that's my background: commas for beats or places to breathe, sometimes explicit notes ("SLOW", "Count to 5", etc.), crescendo during this phrase, peak here, change interest here.

Theatrical speech is not, of course, exactly like natural speech; you do need to be audible and enunciate clearly so the audience can hear and understand what you're saying. Decide what's important to communicate, what your character wants, and make your other decisions from there in terms of what you do with your voice and body. Break a leg and enjoy!

Answer 3

NO, that is stupid. Changes in pitch (rise and fall of voice placement on the musical scale) is called inflection. Inflection allows us to understand questions and emotions in a speech.