Sing Me A Sentence

Earlier in my career, I recall reading an article about singing our speech. It was in line with my teaching about MELODY and pushed me further in the direction of encouraging people to take risks with the intonation of their voice.

Here are ?????????? ways you can do just that:

Intonation RISK number ONE: Think like a child

When it comes to our voices, all we have to do is listen to a two-year-old playing with her voice. We all have heard those high screeches, long laaaaa-s, and mimicry that can come out of a mouth that age. The truth is that most two-year-olds have been shushed in their life. That ?? ?????????? ?? can be the beginning of someone's vocal downfall. My suggestion if you are one of those folks? Tap back into PLAY. Talk to your dog with unconventional up and down tones. Read to your child with an extra animated voice. Or, simply, mimic a child. Just make it FUN and get familiar with what your voice can do again.

Intonation RISK number TWO: Speak/Sing

Along the lines of playing like a two-year-old, you can sing-song your speech while reading a serious passage from the newspaper. Or, you can get sing-songy with a presentation you will give in two weeks. You can make your question rise really high like Mickey Mouse and you can make your statements resonate low like a news anchor. The point is to ???? like no one is listening. Forget what your music teacher told you when you were in grade school. Go for it now in order to generate more dynamics in your communication.

Intonation RISK number THREE: Learn an instrument

If you have any inkling towards music, pick up the guitar or the piano or better yet, the HARMONICA. It is very easy to carry around in your pocket and you can take it out when you are in traffic or at a red light. Just ?h?u?m? on it. Be curious about how music sounds. What notes do you LOVE? Which ones are less appealing to you? Then think about how YOU sound when you are strumming through a message. Are you varying the notes or do you speak in an average of 3-4 tones? Most everyone likes music, so why wouldn't we like to use it in our speech?

I challenge you with all my good intentions to SING ME A SENTENCE, please. Check out this Melody playlist if you are looking for more guidance on how to do it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xUxyeKErXQ&list=PL9hllVPVwoFp9TXntytcVgLppcf8nAJim and I will see you are the network.