Persistence. You have to master the vowels before the consonants. Don’t push them out, because you will either go sharp, flat, or damage your voice badly. Tongue-twisters and diction exercises will improve your singing speech overall. What helps me is knowing the soft consonants and the hard consonants, to distinguish which ones that should be emphasized.
soft:
F
H
L
P
R
S
T
W
hard:
B
D
G
J
K
M
N
V
Z
Of course, the hard consonants should be heard more than the soft ones. I just recently competed in UIL Choir. In one of our songs, we had to sing "round". One of the most difficult things to do, as a soprano, was dentalizing the "D"…it was a high note. And with "K"…if it’s not clear, the whole word is swallowed. You almost have to add a vowel on another beat to get the sound out. "duh", "kuh", etc.
Don’t close it up after you’ve sung a high consonant. Open it up again immediately; this does wonders for the "S" and "T". These are the most delicate consonants.
Persistence. You have to master the vowels before the consonants. Don’t push them out, because you will either go sharp, flat, or damage your voice badly. Tongue-twisters and diction exercises will improve your singing speech overall. What helps me is knowing the soft consonants and the hard consonants, to distinguish which ones that should be emphasized.
soft:
F
H
L
P
R
S
T
W
hard:
B
D
G
J
K
M
N
V
Z
Of course, the hard consonants should be heard more than the soft ones. I just recently competed in UIL Choir. In one of our songs, we had to sing "round". One of the most difficult things to do, as a soprano, was dentalizing the "D"…it was a high note. And with "K"…if it’s not clear, the whole word is swallowed. You almost have to add a vowel on another beat to get the sound out. "duh", "kuh", etc.
Don’t close it up after you’ve sung a high consonant. Open it up again immediately; this does wonders for the "S" and "T". These are the most delicate consonants.
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