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Speaker 1: did your parents play music too or just your brothers?

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Speaker 1: There's quite a few exercises that can help fix this problem.

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Speaker 1: you can and touch your upper lip with your tongue.

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Speaker 1: on other vowels like lay lay lay or low low low.

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Speaker 1: Go slowly to give yourself time to stick your tongue

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Speaker 1: You can practice sticking your tongue out touching your upper

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Speaker 1: lip on any musical pattern. Don't overdo it the first

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Speaker 1: with your tongue touching your upper lip on this patternmaaaaaa.

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Speaker 1: Bass baritones and tenors start on a C below middle C.

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Speaker 1: Sopranos and alto's. A good place for you to start

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Speaker 1: would be around an A below middle C. Eventually, as

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Speaker 1: you feel like you have built up your stamina, try

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Speaker 1: going to the lowest note you can sing comfortably, and

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Speaker 1: then to the highest note you can sing comfortably. To

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Speaker 1: physical mood movement we talked about in the other vocal tips.

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Speaker 1: If you want to share it, I'd love to see

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Speaker 1: one might be the most fun one to watch. Use

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