it tone you should almost be singing "so," "lo,"
"dough." This enables you to find your head tone. It will not be "low"
or "dough" but a good "ah." If you do =not gradually curve the "ah" into
an "o"= toward your high tones, you will find them turning into the "a"
as in hat.

In producing head tones there are two valuable exercises I would
suggest.

[Illustration: THE VOWELS, images of faces pronouncing the vowels:

a as ae in saw. e as [=a] in fate.

i as ee in meet.

o as o in note. u as oo in moon.]

Positions of the mouth in pronouncing the vowels.] Drop your jaw as in
singing "saw"; leave the jaw dropped singing "saw," but curving your
lips into an "o." You will find an "oh" with fine head resonance and an
open relaxed throat.

Example--

[Illustration: musical notation, ae o ae o ae o ae o ae o ae o ae o ae o ae o]

Sing this exercise in all the keys within your range.

Some find their head tones first by humming through the nose, while to
some this suggestion would be of no value.

If you have a break or any trouble going from your high to low tones,
practice the exercise from the high tone down instead of from the low
tone up.

Example--

[Illustration: musical notation,

o a o a o a

saw saw saw
]

If you have trouble rolling your "r's", which is absolutely necessary,
practice the following words in two syllables, not, however, dropping
the tone.

Example--

Tree as tau-ree.

Trust as tau-rust.

True as tau-rue

Breeze as b-reeze.

Train as tau-rain.

Bright as b-right.

Brown as b-rown.

=After= you have mastered the rolled "r" through the above exercises,
pronounce them in one syllable as they should be.

Next, take up your consonants before the vowel

[Illustration:

musical notation,

Baw, bay, bee, bo, boo Baw, bay, bee, bo, boo Baw, bay, bee, bo, boo

Daw, day, dee, do, doo Daw, day, dee, do, doo Daw, day, dee, do, doo

Faw, fay, etc. Faw, fay, etc. Faw, fay, etc.

Gaw, gay, etc. Gaw, gay, etc. Gaw, gay, etc.

Haw, hay, etc. Haw, hay, etc. Haw, hay, etc.

J, k, l, m, n, p, q, r, s, t, v, w, y, z.]

until you have covered all the consonants.

Then your final consonants, as in "late," "date," "light," "bright."

In the word "date," make your "d" and your "a" distinct and =on the tone=,
but as you pronounce your "t," which must also be