Any Excercises?Tips?
2007-07-12 12:58:51 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music ➔ Singing
I would suggest you go through some tongue twisters before you begin to sing, to loosen the muscles in your mouth.
Some good tongue twisters are:
'Red Lorry, Yellow Lorry'
'Betty bought a bit of bitter butter'
and the proverbial 'She sells sea shells by the sea shore'.
If you practice these, then you will find that you focus more on correct pronounciation. Also, when you sing you should think about the sounds of the words and letters. It will help.
Exaggerate your consonants. When you exaggerate your consonants, it makes you sound more 'British', and therefore you seem to be pronouncing words better, while still retaining your own unique accent and voice.
My final piece of advice is not to be afraid of opening your mouth! You will be understood better if you open your mouth wider than normal to sing vowels. Opera singers do it all the time. If you feel stupid, don't worry. Often times you won't look silly at all; in fact, opening your mouth wide seems to make your singing appear more intense and passionate. During my time in a choir, the conductor was always insisting that we singers could fit at least four fingers between our teeth when we sung our vowels. It helps enormously.
I hope this has been some help to you!
2007-07-12 22:07:42 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Singing Pronunciation
2016-11-04 01:37:47 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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I love country and we sure don't sing with proper pronunciation and most rock or metal or rappers, you can't understand. You were doing really good, get more confidence. Even those that have all the proper training end up singing their own way and I think that is what makes them special.
2016-04-10 05:56:01 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take a quick class, or buy some software, specifically for diction in foreign languages. You'll notice almost immediately that your English pronunciation gets dramatically better! I recommend German and Italian diction... they'll help the most.
2007-07-12 13:21:48 · answer #4 · answered by Seth F 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Sing in a British accent. It sounds crazy but it raises your soft pallet, making your vowels "taller" and it softens the "r" which just sounds better. I know, it seems weird but it really works and when you sing, you can't even hear the Brit accent.
That, and work really hard on forming your vowels. If you speak the words in the song in the way you prononce them when you sing, it should sound really weird. That usually means you're doing it right.
2007-07-12 15:17:51 · answer #5 · answered by faeriefiddler 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Write down the proper pronunciation phonetically on your sheet music. Then, just practice - a LOT!
2007-07-12 13:01:32 · answer #6 · answered by Bwilkerson 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
First in which language you want to sing and then you know that language as in writing and speaking then you can sing very well.
2007-07-13 11:27:21 · answer #7 · answered by A K 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
my mom says to sing the song very slowly without the music pronuncing every word and hitting every note then try it with the music hope it helps
2007-07-12 14:55:22 · answer #8 · answered by SEXY DOLL 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
form your vowels. If you dont know wut those r, u prolly shouldn't be singing or up to this stage yet. Pronunciation during concert singing isn't too important.
2007-07-12 14:45:59 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Keep singing..
2007-07-12 13:16:32 · answer #10 · answered by Smile- conquers the world 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋