Singing Tips for Beginners: about your meddlesome tongue.
The audio file attached to this post may also be useful to you if you're starting to piece together the need for a better understanding of how the voice actually works - and how things can go wrong. There's more to explore HERE in my 30-Day Vocal Jumpstart for Singers.
In any language, the tongue is a mighty muscle - and I’m sure if a cat (big or small) could talk, he or she would be truly proficient in its use.
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Singers too need to know their way around the ins and outs of nifty tongue use. Not only for clarity of diction and language but also to have a firm understanding of likely causes of vocal fatigue and related problems to do with limited vocal range and more.
This week’s Technique Truth Tip suggests that a little simple scientific knowledge about the workings/relationship of the genioglossus - the bulk of the tongue body - is a great asset in understanding why vocal things can go wrong - both in speech
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