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Back to our study of consonants and
vowels. Today’s idea comes from yet another great soprano.
Think of your consonant sounds as the tennis racket, and your vowels as
the tennis ball. When the racket contacts the ball, it propels
the ball forward. The same thing happens to your vowel sound, and
your tone, when you use an explosive consonant sound and lots of
air. Try this: sing the sound “ta.” How did it feel,
and how much did it resonate? How much did your sound travel
across the room? Now, do it again, only put lots of air in the
sound and pay close attention to the air explosion that happens between
your tongue and your upper front teeth. The more precise and
explosive the “t” is, the more the whole sound will travel. Now,
sing “ta” again with that explosive “t” and notice how much more your
sound resonates and travels. You didn’t have to do anything
different in your throat, but you made more sound just by putting more
air, and more propulsion, into the consonant. The consonant, or
tennis racket, propels the vowel, or tennis ball, forward!
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