Combining soft palate and vocal folds
Combine the soft palate’s three airflow routes with the Goo, Paa and Choki vocal fold states.
▶ First, watch the movement in the video
Check the technique, then move on to the explanation and audio examples.
Why practice this?
In Beginner 01, you only practiced Goo voice. This time, practice Paa and Choki too.
Exercises and key points
How to combine soft palate and vocal folds
Practice combining each of the three routes from Beginner 01—nose only, nose and mouth, and mouth only—with Goo, Choki and Paa voices.
It feels like the difficulty suddenly jumped…
Focusing on vocal fold balance may disrupt soft palate balance, or trying to maintain soft palate balance may make the vocal folds harder to control. Take your time and practice slowly.
Practice slowly until you become more familiar with each target. Switching continuously between nose only, nose and mouth, and mouth only may be tricky, but do not worry if you cannot do it at first.
Okay, I’ll keep working steadily at my own pace!
Listen to the examples and try
Keep the volume low and play the examples one at a time to hear the differences between the voices.