THE TONGUE THING

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Each time your tongue is way up high or suppressed too low, there is an adverse effect on the vocal production. Remember the tongue is a complex network of muscles/ nerves attached to the jaw and neck (via the thyroid bone from which the larynx is suspends). This means anytime you misplace the tongue, the larynx is displaced and it eventually causes a stiffening that, endangers proper sound production and causes all round vocal fatigue; also when the tongue is wrongly placed, more forced breath is employed to phonate and the easy "yawn-like" stance that is commonly required is absent.
keeping the tongue "relaxedly forward" helps maintain an open epiglottis and pharynx so you don't force sound out. Forcing the tongue backward into the mouth stifles sound and pushes against the epiglottis.
My advice? Allow the vowel sounds direct the tongue and not the other way around.
A very effective exercise for tongue control is ...



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  1. Aichimic29 April 2020 at 08:12

    Pls does your tongue affect your riffs, runs and style??
    And does it also affect how you transition from your chest voice to mix and mix to head???

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  2. Jazzsari29 April 2020 at 09:11

    No your tongue does not affect it immediately but remotely.

    And yes! It affects the transition from head to chest. Please drop your number!

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