I have just bought the Seth Riggs book on speech level singing. There are no SLS tutors in England to my knowledge, so if there are any teachers out there maybe they can help me. I can do the tongue trill exercise, occasionally I can access my connected head voice, usually I break, but I imagine is normal. Unfortunately the lip bubble exercise is physically impossible, as when in a relaxed state my lips are not together (about a quarter inch apart), probably because I have an overbite. No amount of manipulation of my cheeks can join them together without using my lips actively, which goes against the whole idea of the exercise! So if anyone has a similar exercise I can do I would be very grateful as I do not want to put too much emphasis on the tongue trill. At this early stage I need to keep my outer throat muscles "off balance" as it were. I don't really want any vowel type exercises as I have only just started this course, and for once in my life I aim to do everything in the correct order, without jumping ahead of myself! Thanks
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