A, E, I, O and YOU

by Lori Lyford, CIF

Vowel Matching Sing within your “goalposts” Show a bit of your top teeth all the time* The tongue should lie on the floor

of the mouth and be relaxed Tip of tongue touch lower teeth Keeps lips as relaxed as possible

Correct Vowels1. Sound like the vowel2. Look like the vowel3. Feel like the vowel

Vowels, Inside and Outside EE

Stay within the goalposts Show a bit of top teeth Natural delivery, just like the ABC’s

AH Stay within the goalposts Show a bit of top teeth Don’t drop jaw too far

OH Keep a bit of the top teeth showing Use bottom lip to make most of the shape Move corners forward from AH to OH Leave the aperture higher on your face

Ooh Show a bit of top teeth Move corners forward from OH to Ooh Smaller aperture than OH with relaxed lips. Keep the sound outside your mouth

Short Vowels ih eh a uh ur

Stay within goalposts Use a relaxed jaw, not a “dropped jaw” Send the sound up and out

Vowel Match Technique “Jim Speak” credited to Jim Casey

Focus on target vowel sounds Get to the target vowel immediately No migrating from the target vowel

Prematurely turning to secondary vowel and/or the following consonant

Target Vowel Replacements

EE EED Ih IHDEh ED a ADAh ODD Uh UGHAw AWED Ur URGEOh OHD Ù ÙDooh OOHD

“Jim-Speak” Exercise

OOD ODD OHD UGH UGH URGE To - mor - row’s an - oth - er

ED ODD OHD AD ED EED day. I hope and pray we’ll

EED OOHD ED URGE Be to - geth - er

“Jim-Speak” Steps 1 - Syllables only, Chord-by-Chord2 - Syllables only, more flow3 - Syllables only, at pace4 - Slow the pace and add some initial

consonants5 - Continue to add more consonants

nearing the correct pacing and phrasing6 - Sing real words/phrasing, THINK

syllables

QUESTIONS??

Go Forth to

Match and RING!!!