You’ve already discovered that artificially compartmentalising your voice, as most people do, into a ‘speaking voice’ and a ‘singing voice’ is not only unnecessary but unhelpful, and you have been using sung exercises as a useful entry point for developing your ‘speaking voice’.

The first voice exercises here will help you develop that crossover between sung and spoken sounds, using phrases and then song lyrics. Don’t worry about ‘in tune’ or whether you think you sound as a singer should. You’re just looking to transfer into your speech good sound qualities you have when you sing.

It works the other way too. Some people have unexpectedly discovered through a Better Voice course that they can both sing and enjoy singing.

The later exercises will help you develop specific vocal effects and also begin to integrate into your everyday speech sound qualities you hardly use or are unaware of.

All the exercises here 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!