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    Vocal Defects

    Most common problems for public speakers (especially those just starting out) are breathiness, throatiness, and nasality. The following exercises, if practiced persistently, will remedy these defects:

    Breathiness.

    PROBLEM: This is caused by allowing breath to escape un- or non-vocalized.
    SOLUTION: The remedy lies in applying to the vocal cords just the quantity of breath required to produce a given tone.

    Inhale deeply. Exhale on singing ah. Apply the air very gently to the vocal cords, hold back the unused breath and aim to increase the purity of tone.

    Count from one to ten in a loud whisper, inhaling after each number. Repeat with half breath and half voice. Repeat with pure tone. Project into the distance.

    Practice the following in pure, clear-cut voice: hup, he, ha, haw, hah,
    ho, hoo.

    Throatiness.

    PROBLEM: This defect arises from smallness of throat or rigidity.
    SOLUTION: Relax all throat muscles and practice exercises for depressing the root of the tongue, raising the soft palate and lowering the larynx.
    Practice the various tongue exercises, keeping the lips perfectly still.
    Sing oo-oh-ah in well-projected voice. Sing le, la, law, lah, lo, loo.

    Nasality.

    PROBLEM: Vocal current is allowed to escape through the nostrils, a nasal tone is produced.
    SOLUTION: To avoid this, the soft palate must be well raised and the tone projected directly towards the lips.

    With soft palate raised sing ah and oh in pure projected tone.
    With the thumb and first finger gently close the nostrils and pronounce
    several times with the utmost nasality:
    “0 ‘precious hours.”
    Keep the nostrils closed and try to repeat with a pure tone.
    Repeat with nostrils open.

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