Consonant awareness, tongue twisters & singing

Gillyanne & Jeremy are back demonstrating the exercises in the This Is A Voice book.This week they're kicking and elongating consonants.Gillyanne takes Jeremy through Exercise 24, Consonant Awareness, in the Speaking Effectively section.Breaking down the plosives!Jeremy speaks and sings tongue twisters with two different ways of using the consonants. You'll hear why one way is better than the other for singing in a non-classical style, and what changes Jeremy has to make to sing in a more legato classical style. Discover which famous actor elongated his consonants in an iconic role in a British film series. How elongating consonants can add an extra spice to your diction.And why Jeremy thinks of diction and intelligibility as very different experiences for the audience.17 minutes of vocal expertise that'll change the way you do your words.This Is A Voice book is here https://amzn.to/3UFEPng in the UK and here https://amzn.to/3Se1uFQ in the USThe new online course "5 Days to Better Singing Teaching" is here https://vocal-process-hub.teachable.com/p/5-days-to-better-singing-teachingJoin the Learning Lounge for more on diction, intelligibility, performance techniques and vocal exercises here https://vocal-process-hub.teachable.com/p/the-vocal-technique-learning-lounge

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Voice experts and bestselling authors Dr Gillyanne Kayes and Jeremy Fisher have been chatting about voice for more than 20 years - this time they've switched the microphone on. Vocal technique? check. Musicals? check. The weird things you can do with your voice? check. Includes AMA on voice, singing, speaking, performance techniques, voice exercises and so much more.