Open and close the mouth while voicing through it
Open and close your mouth while sustaining “eh” through it. Move your mouth and vocal folds separately while maintaining three voice types.
▶ First, watch the movement in the video
Check the technique, then move on to the explanation and audio examples.
Why practice this?
In Introductory 03, we practice the area around the mouth while sending sound through the mouth, rather than through the nose as in Introductory 02.
Exercises and key points
How to practice opening and closing the mouth
The goal is to switch smoothly between the Goo, Paa and Choki voices practiced in Introductory 01 and 02.
I see. So this combines control of two parts: the mouth and vocal folds.
Exactly! This time, open and close your mouth while sustaining “eh” through it. Your lips do not need to touch. Let’s try it!
All right! I will give it my best today too!
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.