Consonants    return to exercise directory  Return to Chest hest voice exercises

These exercise will help you with the diction problems brought about by the consonants  "t d l n' and "r'. These consonants are very tense in speech.  I have also added the "p" and the "f" and "w" and "th". Ounce you work these consonants, the other consonants should fall into place. When singing we want to use as little tension in the tongue as possible because a tense tongue restricts the voice.  When we are emotional in normal live, we tighten the jaw, our speech tends to become more tense and pronounced.  A singer must learn to let the emotion come from the body, the support, not the jaw and the tongue. When singing freely the tongue feels limper, flopper.  It doesn't need to press up against the roof of the mouth and the teeth.  We want it to "pop" the consonants rather than press them out. Working these exercises will help you begin to understand this difficult concept.

Watch the Lips.  Keep trying to push them away from the face.  This will help you keep from jamming the neck with the Jaw. It is very helpful to use a small mirror when working these exercises to watch the lips.  Use a small enough mirror that you can't see anything other than the lower face. Don't  make eye contact. Start with the lip trill exercise

Be sure to right click to download

    The "N"
       ni_5_tone.     na_ni_na_5_tone

    The "T"
        ta_5_tone.     ta_ti_ta_5_tone.

    The "D"
       da_5_tone.    .da_di_da_5_tone

    The "L"
           la_5_tone    la_li_la_5_tone

     The "R"
          ra_5_tone    ra_ri_ri_5_tone                 Return to Chest hest voice exercises

     The "P"
          pa_5_tone    pa_pi_pa_5_tone
   
    The "W"
           wa_5_tone.  wa_wi_wa_5tone

    The "F"
            fa5_tone   fa_fi_fa_5 tone

    The "Th"
            tha_5_tone  tha_thi_tha_5_tone.
   
                                                                     Return to Chest hest voice exercises