Hi everyone! Brendon Houdek from New York Speech Coaching here, with another
episode of Voice Breakdown, the show where we teach you how to imitate some
of the most iconic voices continuing our spongebob series today we'll be breaking
down the voice of the greediest crustacean and all of Bikini Bottom mr.
Krabs
mr. Krabs played by Clancy Brown has been a main character on the show since
its very first episode he runs the Krusty Krab a fast food restaurant and
SpongeBob's place of employment besides his daughter pearl
mr. Krabs greatest love is money money money money money when he's pirate like
voice works well with his money obsession just like a pirate is always
looking for treasure mr. Krabs is always searching for money let's break that
pirate like voice down our component number one the vocal cords mr. Krabs
normal speaking voice is on the lower pitched side we want to make the vocal
cords short for this to produce that low pitch however when he gets angry or
excited it is common for his voice to flip into falsetto me money me money the
most important aspect to get right is the distortion that is present in his
voice this is accomplished by two separate yet related things first we
want to over compress his voice we have discussed how compression is the act of
the vocal cords coming medially together the greater the compression the tighter
the voice will sound instead of me money we want to tighten the compression to
sound like money he has this compressed voice more often than not in addition to
that we want to use a body part known as the false vocal cords the false vocal
cords sit just above the true vocal cords when we utilize them a rough
distortion is created if we combine this with the pitch and compression we
discussed earlier we are well on our way to sounding like mr. Krabs all we need
to do is get your confidence back so you can make me more money
I mean Paddy's muddy component number two the larynx the legs might not be a
primary component for mr. Krabs but we do want to be mindful of it it should be
slightly raised this will help us to add a little brightness to his voice
additionally the raising of the larynx can also make the tighter compression
and use of distortion easier it does not need to be drastically raised but only
mildly so pizza of course we have beats a time is money
component number three the tongue the front of the tongue for mr. krabs is
very slightly pulled back this is the case mostly due to his articulation
which we'll discuss once we get into component number five think about the
earth sound and what that feels like as you pull the tongue back into this
position while we don't keep the tongue perpetually in that position do keep it
in mind as you will need to go there often for his articulation
idiosyncrasies how about a little music to count me money to is not a twenty
component number for the soft palate the soft palate acts as a trapdoor between
the mouth and nose and allows us to make adjustments to our oral or nasal
resonance mr. krabs voice is not to either extreme regarding oral or nasal
residents thus begin trying out this voice by keeping your soft palate in its
normal position or another way to think of it is to not to try to add more oral
or nasal resonance then simply fine-tune if you feel that your final product
needs a little more or less brightness donate to the Children's Fund why what
children ever done for me component number five articulation mr. krabs
articulation is very Rohtak this means that there is a great emphasis on his AR
and her sounds pay attention to any words that
have are or are colored vowels in them our colored vowels are things like air
AR or an ear when saying these be sure to really over pronounce the a portion
of these sounds don't just say AR but are additionally mr. krabs tends to drop
ng at the ends of words instead of saying losing it is losing its losing me
money we should also mention that he says me instead of my and the word you
will sometimes be said as ya or ye money money money money money
component number six prosody the best way to think of mr. krabs prosody is to
think of how a pirate would talk additionally there is a very slight
Scottish bro present according to the crabs voice
actor Clancy Brown think of a slightly Scottish pirate and you'll have the
prosody just right another thing to note is that mr. Krabs prosody is not subtle
he tends to be very loud and in-your-face keep the volume and
excitement up and sounded like mr. Krabs no 2495 let's recap component number one
the vocal cords keep the voice low-pitched but break into falsetto when
mad or excited component number two blaring you just want a man raised
larynx to add some brightness come on number three the tongue the tongue
should be slightly pulled back into an herb position one at number four the
soft palate not too much to worry about with this one simply have a nice balance
between nasal and oral resonance at number five articulation overdue are
/ and are coloured vowels drop ng at the ends of words say me instead of mine
Hania or Yi instead of me component number six project be a loud
and in-your-face pirate thank you for watching New York speech
coaching's voice breakdown episode 24 be sure to check out future episodes voice
breakdown the show where we teach you how to imitate some of the most iconic
voices see you next time
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