ARTICULATION
FOR SINGING
Articulation
is related to pronunciation and to enunciation. There is a narrow band of acceptability
between over-articulation and under-articulation.
This varies from one style to another.
There is an acceptable range of what is and what is not the norm in
country music. It is different in pop, R&B, jazz, Broadway, Classical styles, each one having its own professional
stylistic standards. One place to start looking at your own articulation would be consonants. Consonants do not
vary too much from one style to another, except for their clarity and emphasis.
Remember that what "works" in one style will be completely unacceptable
or inadequate or over-done in another style. Let's look at consonants used in singing.
CONSONANT TYPES:
ASPIRATED CONSONANTS
F as in friend
H as in hello
K as in kitchen
P as in pony
Q as in quack
S as in silly
T as in took
X as in box
CH as in chuck
SH
as in shuck
PHONATED CONSONANTS
B as in boy
D as in dog
G as in girl
G as in the 2nd
G in garage
(it is like a phonated sh)
J as in juggler
L as in luck
M as in man
N as in none
R as in roar
V as in victory
W as in world
X as in xylophone
Y as in yuck
Z as in zebra
