You’ve already discovered that artificially compartmentalising your voice, as most people do, into a ‘singing voice’ and a ‘speaking voice’ limits the potential benefits of voice training. 

In the course you’ve – logically enough – been using sung exercises to improve your singing. But have you perhaps already have noticed that the technique has had a beneficial effect when you speak? The exercises in this unit will allow you to explore the crossover between sung and spoken sounds, so that you can transfer into your singing good sound qualities you have when you speak but that you’re not currently using when you sing (and vice versa).

For example, there may be areas of your range when you sing that you feel lack strength or focus, but that have more power when you speak on those same notes. That power is a transferable quality. Similarly there may be tone qualities in your voice when you speak that are missing when you sing on the same notes. That’s a transferable quality too. 

The exercises here will help you start the transfer process. They are intended to be playful opportunities for you to enjoy exploring your voice. They have a serious aim, but don’t take them too seriously!