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Hi everybody!
My name is Justin Stoney and I'm the founder of
New York Vocal Coaching here in New York City.
Welcome to episode 55 of Voice Lessons To The World
the show where we want to help you guys as singers
by answering your questions from all over the world.
And I'll give you a chance to ask questions later
but our question for this week comes from Chun K. Tianjin, China.
And Chun writes, "Dear Justin, I've heard that the jaw and the tongue
should not operate together when we sing.
What does this mean?"
Now Chun that's a spectacular question.
And it's true, the jaw and the tongue really operate together a lot.
They sort of are married together when people sing.
And it's not the blessed, positive, happy, healthy kind of marriage.
No it's always been a very unhealthy relationship.
And, the jaw and the tongue were never meant to be together.
I mean it just was all wrong from the very start.
I mean they're always in each other's way.
The tongue tries to do a simple L
and the jaw comes along for the ride.
Or the jaw tries to do a simple A vowel,
And the tongue comes along for the ride.
And it just is causing all kinds of problems for the voice.
I mean limited vocal range, overall tension in the sound,
vowels don't even sound like themselves anymore,
registration problems, breaks and cracks,
songs with a lot of words in them are very difficult to sing,
and you know I personally feel bad for the "little people",
the larynx and the vocal cords.
I mean they're just trying to do their job.
Meanwhile the jaw and the tongue are always at it together
and they can't even do it.
So, I mean, I hate to be the bearer of bad news Chun,
but I think we've got to separate these two for good.
So today I officially declare jaw and tongue, divorced.
Now it's very sad of course.
We never like to see that.
But I think there's hope.
I think we can get the jaw and the tongue independent
and functioning back on their feet again together.
And I think if we do we're going to really improve the voice
in an incredible way.
So today, two exercises-
One where the tongue gets to be awesome on its own,
independent of the jaw for once.
And, same thing, the jaw gets a chance
to be awesome, independent of the tongue for once.
So our first exercise is going to be for just the tongue, okay.
We're going to do a 1-2-3-2-1 on KANA.
So the tongue is just going to move without the jaw.
KANA - KANA - KANA.
Right?
Just like this...
♪ KANA ♪
See it?
And now ladies up here...
♪ KANA ♪
Just the tongue, no jaw.
Here we go...
♪ KANA ♪
So nice.
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Good.
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♪ KANA ♪
Awesome.
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Yep!
♪ KANA ♪
So nice.
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That's it.
♪ KANA ♪
Nice.
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Good for you.
♪ KANA ♪
That's it.
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♪ KANA ♪
Good.
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Nice stuff.
♪ KANA ♪
Good for you.
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A few more!
♪ KANA ♪
Right.
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Last one...
♪ KANA ♪
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So nice.
That was great, the tongue got to be back on its feet
independent of the jaw.
Now how about the jaw, we can't neglect the jaw.
This exercise is going to be just the jaw moving.
Tongue totally out of the equation.
With B-E, BEH .
Okay, we're going to do BEH - BEH - BEH.
Make sure that jaw just gets to be really free and active.
And the tongue, out of there.
So, BEH - BEH - BEH on an 8-5-1.
Just like this...
♪ BEH ♪
Alright, that's guys.
And ladies up here...
♪ BEH ♪
Okay here we go...
♪ BEH ♪
Nice.
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Right.
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♪ BEH ♪
That's it.
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You got it.
♪ BEH ♪
That's right.
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♪ BEH ♪
So nice!
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♪ BEH ♪
Awesome.
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Good.
♪ BEH ♪
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Good stuff!
♪ BEH ♪
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♪ BEH ♪
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A few more!
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♪ BEH ♪
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Fantastic.
So there the jaw got the chance to do
all the work with no tongue involved.
So I know in some ways this has been a really sad day.
You never like to see a breakup.
But I think overall it's for the best.
Right, Chun?
And, right everybody?
I mean it's great to see the tongue moving
freely and independently without the jaw,
and the jaw moving freely and independently without the tongue.
I just know that causes a major growth for people singing
to see that kind of freedom.
And so I hope that's been helpful for you guys today as singers.
If you have questions that you'd like to see us answer on the show,
you can send an email to Questions@VoiceLessonsToTheWorld.com.
And we just encourage you don't lose that joy,
don't lose that passion,
don't let people tell you that you can't sing.
You and I both know it's just not true.
Get with a great voice teacher in your area [♪]
or if you guys are in the New York City area [♪]
or you want to Skype with one of our staff, [♪]
you can visit us at www.NewYorkVocalCoaching.com. [♪]
We also encourage you to download our free app. [♪]
It's for iPhone, iPad, and hopefully more in the future. [♪]
A lot of great free resources, articles, tips, all kinds of stuff [♪]
to help you guys as singers. [♪]
Or you can visit us at www.VoiceLessonsToTheWorld.com. [♪]
I'm Justin Stoney. [♪]
We'll see you next time. [♪]
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