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Vocalise: Happy Articulation Warm-Up

November 18, 2009 By Ian Sidden

Happy Articulation Warm-Up

This is a tongue twister warm-up that my mother taught me back when I was a kid.

For the lyrics I’ve used IPA and an English-specific spellings.

You don’t have to transpose at all unless you really want to. But you should change the initial consonant each time you sing then pattern. So start with “b” then “d” (c doesn’t really have an inherent sound unless you want to use “ch”) then “f”, “g”, “h”, and so on. By the time you get done, your articulators should be ready to go!

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Comments

  1. Rebekah says

    November 18, 2009 at 10:23 am

    Ooh, I've wanted to learn this one! Thank you for spellin' it out.

  2. Ian says

    November 18, 2009 at 10:25 am

    You're welcome!

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