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The consonants are color-coded in green or red. Green are the legato, sustainable, or continuant consonants¡ªgreen for GO, continue the sound. Red are the staccato, plosive consonants¡ªred for STOP, feel the drumbeat. They are studied in voiced and unvoiced pairs, like Z/S, D/T. Consonants are wonderful things¡ªand they are generally underplayed by speakers who don't realize their great musical values. In the consonant lessons we practice the full musical values followed by a repetition using the consonants to convey meaning. Following each video lesson you can select More Practice Material which uses the same structure of a list of operative words, followed by those words in sentences, all repeated in 2 or 3 stages of vocal energy.
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