In the next two voice exercise sections you’re going to start linking sounds, moving from hums to vowels and back, and then combining different vowels and consonants – just as you do when speaking. 

The aim is to reach a point where you feel both change and continuity in the exercises: change because the different consonants and vowels make different sounds you can enjoy, but continuity because the overall quality of your voice stays the same. 

In the next section you’ll start with a simple sequence (mamamama or nananana) then move on to other combinations of sounds, but still ones that will help you focus your voice in your head. 

Then you’ll be working with actual words in a set of nonsense ‘friendly phrases’ based on voice-focusing consonants. 

The exercises will also get you practising moving from a sung sound to speech, so that you can start experiencing your Better Voice as you will be using it. 

Q: How do you feel you are progressing in the step-by-step process of expanding the small initial head-based hum into a head-based voice.