Combining tongue positions, “mmm” voice types and neck movement
Add side-to-side neck movements while curling or gently holding your tongue between your teeth and switching voice types on “mmm”.
▶ First, watch the movement in the video
Check the technique, then move on to the explanation and audio examples.
Why practice this?
From this lesson, let’s add neck movements to the exercises in Beginner 05 and 06.
Exercises and key points
How to combine tongue positions, “mmm” voice types and neck movement
First, slowly move your neck from side to side. Keep doing this while holding the tip of your tongue over your upper front teeth. Make a nasal “mmm” hum and practice switching between Goo, Choki and Paa as before.
If curling my tongue becomes too difficult when I add neck movement, should I switch to gently holding it between my teeth?
Yes, exactly! Work up gradually without straining. It is fine as long as you eventually become able to do the tongue-curling exercise.
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.