Exercise 1-1: Rubber Band Practice with Nonsense Syllables

Take a rubber band and hold it with your two thumbs.

Every time you want to stress a word by changing pitch, pull on the rubber band.
Stretch it out gently, don't jerk it sharply.
Make a looping ∞ figure with it and do the same with your voice.
Use the rubber band and stretch it out every time you change pitch.
Read first across, then down.
1.
duh duh duh
la la la
mee mee mee
ho ho ho
2.
duh duh duh
la la la
mee mee mee
ho ho ho .
3.
duh duh duh
la la la
mee mee mee
ho ho ho
4.
duh duh duh
la la la
mee mee mee
ho ho ho
now down
column A.
duh duh duh
duh duh duh
duh duh duh
duh duh duh
B.
la la la
la la la
la la la
la la la
C.
mee mee mee
mee mee mee
mee mee mee
mee mee mee
D.
ho ho ho
ho ho ho
ho ho ho
ho ho ho
Read each column down, keeping the same intonation pattern.
A
duh duh duh duh
A B C
1 2 3
dogs eat bones
next column B.
duh duh duh
imprecise
a hot dog
They eat bones
C.
duh duh duh
condition
a hot dog
They eat them
D.
duh duh duh
alphabet
hot dog stand
give me one