You're SO Close To American English Accent Placement

[@OpenDiaryNKM]

I knew voice placement and I always tell English beginners to start with voice placement first. This should be the first lesson in English.

[@FluentAmerican]

I do wish placement was an earlier concept taught in language school; it can completely change how you handle new accents Thanks cafeden! Hope to hear from you more

[@Ghanshyam00000]

Thanks for your vital tips you are the master of American pronunciation no one can teach pronunciation like you on here KZbin however I always speak lower placement every time I feel like that

[@FluentAmerican]

thanks so much for the kind words as always

[@100frogbucket]

My best friend speaks a local west African language and French. We live in America where I’m from and he really wants to improve his English. He is incredibly fluent with great language skills, but his pronunciation is off in many places mostly “Th”, the rhotic “r” sound, and vowel placement. This video was so helpful for him to understand the things I couldn’t quite articulate about why his vowels sounded off. Thanks!!

[@FluentAmerican]

Such a great story to hear! Thabks for sharing

[@tueanhle7042]

Dear Sir, I have been practicing for three months, and I got the placement now. What is a wonderful thing! I got rid of my Vietnamese accent already. I would like to say many many many many many... thanks to you. Now I'm trying to impersonate LARRY KING, MORGAN FREEMAN, TONY TODD. I hope that maybe I might get one of those sounds in 5-7 years late on or a really really deep sound (what have I got to lose? I have time and never give up easily). Thank you so much!

[@FluentAmerican]

thanks so much for letting me know about the impact the channel has had on your progress! this is such great news to hear; best wishes with your practice. Maybe I can make a shadowing off of one of these actors for you in the future...

[@greenball8019]

Luyện đc cái này công nhận phát âm chuẩn hơn nhiều :v nhiều người ko để ý placement nên phát âm rất chuẩn nhưng nghe phát biết ngay ko phải bản xứ, kể cả ielts 9 chấm

[@VietNguyenHoang-do8so]

b ơi mình xin fb với để mình hỏi về cái placement này @@

[@araobrito4429]

Thanks for your tips! You’re doing a great job! You are being my male voice reference because I never found men doing a great job like you on KZbin and I was almost used to pronouncing words like girls from the videos did. It seems kinda funny but that’s the way it was. I am from Brazil and we struggle a lot with some sounds and the most important now “the voice placement”

[@FluentAmerican]

thanks so much for writing Arao; it's great to hear from you and hope to see you around the channel more I think you're right; it's much easier to find female instructors in English, and especially for pronunciation, than males in general. There are also some subtle differences between how males and females talk. Best wishes with your placement practice/be sure to let me know if you have questions. Here are some playlists that you may find helpful: all the placement videos: kzbin.info/aero/PLlZ0dlSbrSXj9ykrH-gU6ZJe1NKsXC9H5 10 videos for Portuguese speakers: kzbin.info/aero/PLlZ0dlSbrSXjCUIwWCn1SiD5_18EU6jyZ

[@edflam7555]

Placement can be challenging, I try to lower my voice down to the center of the collar bone but it sounds very whispery. Great content!!

[@FluentAmerican]

hey ed, thanks for writing! keep experimenting; that's great your feeling the movement get lower. If it sounds whispery, it could be that you're tensing your throat a bit

[@Stephaniacat]

i want to thank you for these videos. even though i speak English, i always felt like i was whispering the words. my first language is Spanish, so we tend to not open our mouths that much. So thanks to your videos, i realized i wasn't using my jaw and the lower part of my mouth/neck?when i was speaking. I honestly saw an improvement in my pronunciation just by practicing the last couple of days.

[@FluentAmerican]

thanks so much for writing! this is the story I love hearing over and over again!

[@FluentAmerican]

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[@richardfrangie3518]

Great playlist, I'm going to keep on see it even though is a bit difficult to me understand it whole because my English is still basic, thanks

[@FluentAmerican]

I think it's great you are working on these skills regardless of your level! it's honestly going to give you an advantage as you advance; thanks Richard!

[@mirfangu]

wow it helps me a lot, sir. im from southeast asia country, when i speak english and i recording it sounds like very nassaly (whichs why i hate my voice) but now am more deep and better thnks.

[@FluentAmerican]

so glad you can notice the difference so quickly Mirfan! How did you find the channel?

[@mirfangu]

@@FluentAmerican its a long story but im trying to summarize my story. i never ever had a formal class for english. i learn english for like 2 years full on youtube and still am, watching every english channel (movies, documentaries, and EVERYTHING in english, both american or british accent). so now i feel like i understand english, now im trying to speak like a native american english so the problem is my nassaly voice and it made me feel disgusting 😂🤣 so im searching with keywords "..american english placement."

[@FluentAmerican]

@@mirfangu glad to hear you found the concept of placement! it's so crucial for a natural sound

[@mirfangu]

@@FluentAmerican yea, its so hard. in my country we used to speak on a high pitch register placement. idk whether is right or not, but the first time i realized about the placement was when i watched a new yorker or east coast people talking and them really really deep than a californian(?) idk

[@FluentAmerican]

@@mirfangu it's true, a lot of languages are using those higher registers

[@HasanView]

I'm loving your videos! please keep continue to post, I will definitely be getting in one of your classes

[@FluentAmerican]

hey Hasan, thanks so much! How did you find us, if you remember?

[@HasanView]

@@FluentAmerican I was looking at some American accent videos and found your channel through that

[@FluentAmerican]

@@HasanView this is really helpful, thanks so much!

[@FluentAmerican]

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[@showqalfageih1475]

I’M Learning.

[@FluentAmerican]

appreciate it Showq! How did you find the channel originally?

[@showqalfageih1475]

@@FluentAmerican I wrote American English.

[@FluentAmerican]

@@showqalfageih1475 that is super helpful; thanks so much!

[@showqalfageih1475]

@@FluentAmerican Anytime.

[@Phonetician_]

Hi there Accent placement (placement of voice) depends mostly on vowels placement (how and where) of a particular accent. What do you think?

[@FluentAmerican]

Hi sam! Thanks for writing; how'd you find the channel? Placement certainly is valid for vowels, but be careful with consonants! Raising the placement on a consonant can cause the placement to raise for the entire word

[@jassay6435]

cool, I am practicing low placement for quite a long while, but today I find this is another wrong is low + tense, lol........ From the video, I believe I do have kinda tense when I am trying to speak in lower way, especially I am speaking in a long conference call. With kinda emotion or discussing deeply, I cannot help speak fast and higher the placement with tense, this is what I am facing....

[@FluentAmerican]

thanks so much for writing Jassay! I think your experience is very, very common--sustaining placement over longer periods of time seems to be more difficult. I hope to hear from you more around the channel!

[@elchinkhidirov6663]

May I ask a question, please? In this video , you mentioned that we should feel most vibration in our throat. When i try this, i can do it well with vowels like /a/. However, with some like/i/ even if I try hard, I can still feel a little of vibration in my jaws and in my throat. I was wandering if it is normal or if i should not feel any vibration in my jaw.

[@FluentAmerican]

hey Elchin! in general, you'll want to feel the vibration lower even for the /i/. The /i/ is difficult because many people's first languages use a higher placement, so it's easy to shift back to that position

[@elchinkhidirov6663]

@@FluentAmerican ok, thanks for the response

[@ZaidMalol]

I have a relatively lower Indian accent but it’s still identifiably Indian, what can I do to acquire an American accent? And how long will it take to get there?

[@FluentAmerican]

hi Zaid, thanks so much for reaching out! Here is a playlist of sounds to study for speakers of many Indian languages kzbin.info/aero/PLlZ0dlSbrSXhcuNhsjC9lEtMBtzqwhNdF I think improvement can be seen relatively quickly with dedicated practice; here is an example of one of my students after 14 days: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZrMd6iwg62Sh6s

[@ZaidMalol]

@@FluentAmerican Thank you so much, I will get to work with the playlist and I'll update you in a month hopefully having made some significant changes to my accent.

[@FluentAmerican]

@@ZaidMalol look forward to it! On our Saturday livestreams we also look at audio files from people. If you'd like to send some audio for me to analyze, you can put it here: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VgLOD_J7CAa1QCr-tYtzhG1K9YLBaJ8Njkpiog8h-po/edit#gid=0

[@Muzehid]

I'm learning

[@FluentAmerican]

happy to be a part of the journey!

[@Muzehid]

@@FluentAmerican give us equality content

[@newone3614]

Why do I look stupid with this exercise? 😂

[@FluentAmerican]

happy studying! it's not about how it looks but the sound

[@steff_funny713]

I sound like a froggggggg

[@FluentAmerican]

Haha! So there could be a few things happening. 1) that "frog" sound could just be the resonance you are adding, which is good! 2) you may be relaxing too much, causing a vocal fry. Experiment with gradually making things a little tenser/higher (but not too much) 3) try tensing your abs/stomach a little more. We do livestreams on Saturdays where we listen to your audio; it'd be great if you sent a file so we could hear what is going on!

[@steff_funny713]

@@FluentAmerican its so hard for me, Americans really speak with super deep voice. I only sound as I want during your video but when I talk in my native language in 1 min and struggle to get back to the lower placement. Admittedly your tips help a lot, and these of other youtubers too.

[@FluentAmerican]

@@steff_funny713 so glad to hear the tips help! that's also a great sign if you're able to achieve it at least some of the time; now the only thing missing is consistency. Practice and patience unfortunately are key. Also, not all regions of the US have a deep placement; if you find it's too unnatural, it could also be helpful to try variations that feel more like a fit (e.g.,many Californians are known for having a more nasally sound; same with accents from the Northeast). That said, those variations don't have the resonance/warmth that comes from deeper placement. It's great hearing about your pronunciation journey!

[@FluentAmerican]

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[@imdarkseid2343]

Hey there!

[@FluentAmerican]

Hey! Thanks for stopping by; how'd you find the channel?

[@imdarkseid2343]

@@FluentAmericanBy your *Speak from Here* video. *_I searched Chest Voice in KZbin and I found randomly your channel,You're helping us a lot,TY_*

[@FluentAmerican]

this is super helpful! thanks for the kind words as well! it'd be great to see more of your comments in the future!