Chapter 6
Turning Sound into Speech
In This Chapter
Artfully articulating sounds
Helping your listeners easily understand what you’re saying
Bringing language to life with your long sounds
Spicing up your speech with your short sounds
When you speak, you want people to understand you easily. How to do that is the principal focus of this chapter.
Speaking isn’t just a physical activity. It involves your brain and emotion too. Voice work starts with breathing better (see Chapter 4) and letting go of tension (see Chapter 5), but it also requires developing your physical ability to articulate words in the most economical way and turn your thoughts into effective communication. When you articulate, or enunciate, your words, people are able to hear every part of each word distinctly.
If you want to be clear, start with a free open sound, which I explore in much greater detail in Chapter 5. Enjoy a feeling of effortlessness. You don’t need to listen particularly to the sounds you make; ...
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