How to Pronunciate words more clearly?

Question

Looking for a book or website with rhymes or sentences actors, singers use to help them warm up and pronunciate clearly, example we used in chior (mommmy made me mash my m&m's) thing like that.

Answer 1

You are looking for tongue twisters basically.

But darling, "pronunciate" is not a word. You Enunciate a word and its syllables clearly, Pronouncing it correctly.

The tip of the teath, the tongue, the lips.

Answer 2

Honestly, you would receive the most specific help by consulting a voice coach. But here are a couple from acting school:

Betty Botta bought some butter
But said she, the butter's bitter
If I put it in my batter
It will make my batter bitter


Give me the gift of a grip-top sock
A clip-drape, ship-shape, tip-top sock (repeat several times quickly)

I sought a sheet
A slitted sheet
Upon this slitted sheet I sit (this one can cause much hilarity)


Unique New York
Unique New York
You know you need Unique New York

Rubber baby buggy bumpers (repeat several times)

Answer 3

I repeat over and over. "The Tip of the Tongue, The Teeth, The Lips". Focusing on each and every consonant.

All consonants should be crisp and clear. Overexaggerate at first to find the best possibility for you. Pop your P's. Have a puff of air come out after your T's.

Answer 4

Here are phrases I have memorized and use to work on my enunciation.

'Admist the mists and fiercest frosts with barest wrists and stoutest boasts he thrust his fists against the posts and still insists he sees the ghost.' (Pay particular attention to the 'st' and the 'sts' endings.)

'Whether the weather be cold, or whether the weather be hot. We'll be together whatever the weather, whether we like it or not.'
(For this pay attention to the difference in how you say 'whether' and 'weather'. You may think you say them the same, but they should be pronounced slightly differently.)

"What a to-do to die today at a minute or two to two. A thing distinctly hard to say, but harder still to do. They'll beat a tattoo at twenty to two. A rat-a-tat-tat-a-tat-tat-a-tat-too. And you'll here the drum when the dragon comes at a minute or two to two today, at a minute or two to two.'

'I sit in solemn silence in a dull, dark dock. In a pestilential prison with a life-long lock. Awaiting the sensation of a short, sharp shock From a cheap and chippy chopper on a big, black block.'
(Gilbert and Sullivan are your friends when it comes to passages to learn to work on enunciation.)

'I'm not a pheasant plucker, I'm the pheasant plucker's son and I'm always plucking pheasants til the pheasant plucker comes.' (Be very careful when practicing this one around small children.)

'Poor Mrs. Ruddycut has a rough cut punt, not a punt cut rough, but a rough cut punt.' (Be even more careful when practicing this one.)

Answer 5

I thank you for your question because, being an English teacher, and Italian, I'm always looking for strange suggestions that can make pronunciation better and start an acting career one day. Best regards!

Answer 6

Enunciate or pronounce?

I am an actor and also a trained voice and speech teacher. This is, in my opinion, one of the best vocal correction books available;

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Clear-Speech-Practical-Correction-Improvement/dp/0713657936/sr=8-2/qid=1161031025/ref=sr_1_2/026-3570762-3245226?ie=UTF8&s=books

Hope that helps. x

Answer 7

actually the best exercise I've found in helping with enunciation is warming up your tongue and mouth... here are a few exercises:

-bend over at the waist, letting your arms dangle
-let your mouth hang open and let your tongue hang out(be sure to swallow first or stand clear of other people)
-then shake your head side to side letting your tongue wag to and fro (you can make sounds for the listening pleasure of those around you)
-say a line of dialogue with your tongue sticking out as far as possible
-repeat the line but with your tongue in its proper place
-if you don't feel you are enunciating as clearly as you'd like repeat the head shake and line of dialogue with your tongue sticking out until your mouth and tongue feel loose

another exercise is to roll your R's and make buzzing noises with your lips (like the airplane sound people make for babies)

an exercise to loosen up your face is to scrunch it up as tight as possible...even your eyes (imagine you've eaten something very sour) then open your eyes and mouth as wide as they'll go and stick your tongue out as far as it will go..repeat this several times

Answer 8

http://www.schoolshows.demon.co.uk/download/drcourse.txt

I'm not sure if this will help you. Perhaps someone in the business can