VOICE ACTING

Test Your Tongue With These Twisters

From Rodney Saulsberry's New Book





Note: The author's latest book, Tongue Twisters and Vocal Warm-Ups with Other Vocal Care Tips , can be purchased as an April 22, 2015Note: The author's latest book,, can be purchased as an autographed book and also from Amazon



By Rodney Saulsberry

Voice Talent and Coach



Do you want to become a better voice over actor, singer or public speaker?



My new book, Tongue Twisters and Vocal Warm-Ups , contains fun and challenging tongue twisters that prepare you to read commercial, promo, narration, trailer and animation copy with the proper energy and vocal dexterity.



Plus, it teaches you how to deal with mouth clicks and sibilance issues, how to breathe correctly, control plosive words, and proper microphone technique.



You also get great tips on everyday vocal care from other professionals as well as tips on how to succeed in the voice over industry.



Every profession that requires physicality requires proper exercise, warm-up, and preparation for the task at hand - and tongue twisters are the perfect warm-up for your voice.



Read all of the following tongue twisters at a good pace but remember that clarity and pronunciation are always most important.



Let's get warmed up with one of my popular YouTube Twisters !

Bipidy Bumpidy

Bipidy bumpidy ripidy rumpidy

Ripidy bumpidy boo

Bipidy bumpidy ripidy rumpidy

Let's make it harder to do

Bumzidy rumzidy dumzely clumzely

Hopefully soon we'll be through

With bipidy bumpidy ripidy rumpidy

Stop when your pink tongue turns blue

WATCH YOUR TONGUE ...



Tongue placement is very important. Here's a tailor-made tongue twister for you if the Th sound is a problem for you.



Repeat the following sentence three times in a row. (Remember, your tongue goes between your teeth.)

Thirty-three thumb throbbing thick throttle thinkers

thought the thirsty throttle thumper threw the throw.

TWISTER MEDICINE ...



Do you have to read some medical copy for your next session or audition? Warm up with these tongue twisters. Read with pace.

Bladder bladder gallbladder kidney liver lungs

Glands hands knees and mouth shoulders knuckles and tongue

Anti-inflammatory

Anti-enzymic

Anti-vaccination too

Anthroplasty

Arterial duct

Anti-bacterial blue

Dehydration medication patella tendinitis

Metacarpals metatarsals brachial chronic bronchitis

Sacrum scapula sciatica

Sacrum scapula sciatica

Sacrum scapula sciatica

FOR BLENDED SOUNDS ...



Perhaps you have trouble with blended sounds. Do you have any words with consonant combinations that are generally a challenge for you?



Here are some two- three- and four-letter blend tongue twisters that will help you articulate words that start with blended letters. If any of these consonant combinations is a problem for you, this is a great exercise. Read with pace.



TWO LETTER BLENDS ...

Blistering Blizzards

Blended bloated blinded blight

Bless blink black and blue

Blended bloated blinded blight

Blistering blizzards blew by you

Blitz blast blob and bloke

Blessed blinked bladder and bloat

Blubber blunt blissfully blue

Blistering blizzards blew by you

Snoring Snails

Snore snail snap snoop

Sneak snuck snout snoot

Snarl sneer snipe snip

Sniff snuff snake snitch

Squabble Squealers

Squirrels squash squids

Squids squeeze squats

Squawkers squint and squeal

Squealers squabble and squat

A Twist Tweet

Twister twit twat

Twinkle tweet truck

Twist twine twin

Twice twenty twitch

The TR Sound

Trickle treat tread

Tractor trunk trinket

True troop triple

Trend train tread

THREE-LETTER BLENDS

Strictly Strong

Strictly structured stretch and stride

Straight strident strong with pride

Struggle strum strike and strung

Street streak stream and strong

Three Throw

Thrust Three Threw

Through Thrive Throat

Thrice Thread Throne

Threat Throw Thrash

FOUR-LETTER BLENDS

Extravagant Expression

Extravagant extraordinary extraction

Expressive express expression

Excretion explicit explanation

Explode explosion explain

THE ENDING 'CH' SOUND ...

Lunch Crunch

Lunch punch hunch crunch

Couch ouch pouch crouch

Much such crutch touch

Stench trench wrench bench

Search church perch lurch

Starch march parch arch

Fetch catch watch match

Hatch patch swatch and latch

SIBILANCE SOLUTIONS ...



Do you have a sibilance problem? Using the proper technique and distance from the microphone, practice recording these sentences without sibilance problems during playback.

Silly Sibilance Sentences

Silly senseless sibilance sentences

Separate seagulls from southern semblances

Serious decisions several musicians

Sanctioned songs for soprano mistresses

Supersonic sensitive fences

Suppository savory succulent pittances

Sibilance sounding sibilance causing

Silly senseless Sibilance sentences

AND JUST FOR FUN ...



Have some fun with this little ditty.

Magill Magall Magoo



Ripple the rupple the riggity shuffle magill magallmagoo

Ripple the rupple the riggity shuffle bitty bang bittybop bitty boo

Tootaloo tootie tootie tootaloo tootie tootie

Bitty bang bitty bop bitty boo

Ripple the rupple the riggity shuffle magill magallMagoo

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ABOUT RODNEY

Rodney Saulsberry is one of the industry's most sought after voice over talents and voice over coaches. A two-time NAACP Image Award Nominee, he has given voice to many commercial campaigns that include Zatarain's, Toyota, Alpo, Twix, Colgate; and many movie trailers such as Red Tails , How Stella Got Her Groove Back , Dumb & Dumberer , The Best Man , and Friday . As an announcer, he has worked on the NAACP Image Awards and The Essence Awards television specials. And he is the author of three books: You Can Bank on Your Voice , Step Up to the Mic , and Tongue Twisters and Vocal Warm-Ups .



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