Listen to consonant sounds in words and you may notice something: the consonants are often weaker to the point of being hard to hear. In fact, they are still having a noticeable impact on the word, but not in the way you may expect. Let's look at held sounds/stop sounds with the letter T + N, and see how these affect consonants in English, how they happen, when they happen, and how to practiceMore held T practice: https://youtu.be/X__-ORzyLbcGet a free podcast/mp3/audio version: https://open.spotify.com/show/7f77KK0bWJ8ohC3QWDDwVYMore weaking consonants practice: https://youtu.be/yrGUOvM5VuEWelcome to For Word, the platform dedicated to guiding you towards better spoken performance. We're constantly looking at techniques to add more vocal variety to how we talk by incorporating more softness and firmness to our, furrowing eyebrows, smiling, raising and lowering pitches, adding pauses in order to convey frustration, sadness, joy and nervousness, and considering how to add more breath to everything we say. Let's see how these elements of contrast, body language, and other elements of communication can lead to richer expression.#performance #poetry #speaking

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