This one will help you to open your mouth, speak clearly and articulate fully. Denise SeesĪnd feed and freeze the fleas. Better BotterĪnd it made her bitter batter better 17. Sister Suzy’s sewing shirts for soldiers. What a to-do to die today, at a minute or two to two Ī thing distinctly hard to say, but harder still to do.įor they’ll beat a tattoo, at twenty to two,Ī rat-tat-tat- tat-tat-tat- tat-tat-tattoo.Īnd a dragon will come when he hears the drum,Īt a minute or two to two today, at a minute or two to two. Oh gentle Jane, doth my dame’s lame tame crane Then Sue shouted, “Sally sold sixty six shells, “Sue’s shells are shabby! Sally’s shells are chic!” Sally, surprised at Sue’s success, screamed Sure, Sally sold sixty shells at the sea’s shore, Amidst The MistsĪnd still insists he sees the ghosts. Bobby Bibbitīanged the ball against the wall. Where’s the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked? 6. If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,Ī peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked. She sieves into the sieve of sifted thistles,īecause she is a thistle sifter. In a pestilential prison with a life long lockĪwaiting the sensation of a short sharp shockįrom a cheap and chippy chopper on a big black block 3. To sit in solemn silence in a dull dark dock Go only as fast as you can while keeping each word clear. Try to say each of these in a single breath. Each tongue twister works on different parts of talking. Once you find a few that you struggle with, copy and paste them into a file so you can focus on those.
#Voice acting practices full#
Don’t worry, the rest of this article is full of much shorter (but not necessarily easier!) warm up lines. Ten lyrical, spherical, diabolical denizens of the deep who haul stall around the corner of the quo of the quay of the quivery, all at the same time! Nine apathetic sympathetic diabetic old men on roller skates with a marked propensity toward procrastination and sloth
Seven thousand Macedonians in full battle arrayĮight brass monkeys from the ancient sacred crypts of Egypt The prospective talent had to read it perfectly, with feeling and meaning.
It had to be performed perfectly and the reader was being judged based on clarity, enunciation, diction, tonality and expressiveness. This was used at Radio Central New York (NBC) in the 1940s to test prospective radio talent. It’s unique and it’s stood the test of time. This one’s first because it’s not “just another tongue twister”. So having water near-by is handy but staying hydrated, in general is even more important. The water you drink can take up to 4 hours to get through your digestive system and to your vocal cords. (You’ll have an easier time nailing these lines afterwards.)Īlso, before practicing these lines, make sure you’re well-hydrated. Check it out first, if you haven’t already. If you practice them a bit every day, you’ll have an easier time reading scripts and you might even end up doing less takes.īut before you start, you should know that in this other article that I wrote, the first 8 exercises will help you physically warm up your vocal cords, lips, tongue and facial muscles. The warm ups in this article will help you improve your diction & enunciation.
If you’re like me and you haven’t yet got your “warm up” routine nailed yet then fear not, I did some research to help us both.
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