Date sent: Wed, 9 Feb 2000 13:35:16 EST
Subject: Re: Intonation and Diction Problems
To: vocalist
Send reply to: VOCALIST <vocalist>

In a message dated 02/09/2000 10:06:53 AM Central Standard Time,
RALUCOB-at-aol.com writes:

<< one other little tip- try sticking the tip of your tongue
just outside the teeth, rather than just inside them, for N,L,D and T. >>

Another good idea for pronouncing the "t" and "d" in particular is to put
your hand in front of your mouth and feel whether or not any air is coming
out. Say the word "tan" and feel how the air hits your palm --- now say
"Stan" -- no air (because it's preceded by the "S"). Now start "Stan" and
stop at the "st"; then say "tan" coming from that same place -- that's the
way an Italian "t" should sound. Same feeling for the "d".


Chris Thomas
Mezzo-Soprano
Wauwatosa, WI

"I love to sing-a, about the moon-a and the June-a and the spring-a"