Voice through the mouth with the lips protruded
Protrude your lips and produce three voice types, controlling your throat without relying on the lip muscles.
▶ First, watch the movement in the video
Check the technique, then move on to the explanation and audio examples.
Why practice this?
Introductory 02 and 03 used simple movements such as opening and closing the mouth. Now we will add more complex movements, such as protruding and rolling in the lips.
To see this exercise demonstrated in a video, watch below!
If you prefer to take your time reading, continue with the article below!
Exercises and key points
How to practice protruding and rolling in the lips
Protruding your lips was probably easy to picture. Could you also picture what “rolling them in” means?
No, I cannot picture it at all…
Here, “rolling in” means folding both lips inward over the teeth as shown below.

I understand the shape, but I cannot move my lips that well…
If rolling in your lips is difficult, first use your fingers to push both lips into your mouth, then make sound in that position.
Once you are used to the shape with your fingers, gradually release them. Practice until you can maintain it without using your hands.
I see… But it is still difficult…
There is no need to rush.
The difficulty comes from having used the muscles that return your lips to their original shape to stabilize—or rather, fix—your voice. Your throat should be able to make the sound on its own, but the lips have developed an interfering habit, as if saying, “The throat cannot manage alone; I must help!” This also held back the vocal folds’ development.
With repeated practice, you will learn to control your throat and lips independently, so take your time. The throat’s own abilities, weakened by this interference, will gradually return. With your lips protruded, practice distinguishing a thick Goo voice, a thin Paa voice and an intermediate Choki voice.
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.