Ventriloquist – How To Throw Your Voice – Possibilities – Part 3

When you have secured the distant effect with the vowels and consonants in close contrast with your natural voice, try the word ” Hello ” and the effect of an echo is increased, not because your ventriloquism has suddenly improved, but because this word is the natural way of testing an echo. If attempted at an earlier stage, there might be danger of your remaining satisfied with the effect thus obtained, even if it were imper­fect, because to your untrained ear the sound of the word as given by the drone would seem good enough and might deter you from further effort, without which you cannot hope to excel in this branch of the art.

First call out the word in the natural voice, and try to imagine, when you repeat it ventriloquially, that the latter instead of requiring a separate at­tempt is merely the echo of an effect already finished.

When you have faithfully pursued this prac­tice for a few days you may take up the imita­tion of a person talking from behind a door, which is one of the simplest and surest acquire­ments in ventriloquism. First, you must form a correct estimate of how such a voice would sound, and if you are not entirely clear in your own mind regarding this point, persuade a friend to actually carry on a conversation with you while shut up in another room.

While as a matter of fact there is only one dis­tant voice—that produced by the so-called bee drone—this is modified in various ways for the purpose of giving added effect to whatever imi­tations are attempted. A voice from behind a door near at hand is louder and more distinct and has a peculiar hollow, muffled tone which dis­tinguishes it somewhat from one coming from a place more remote. These characteristics can be produced by pressing the tongue against the teeth while the latter are set well together and the lips are slightly apart.   Before speaking in the ventriloquial voice fill the lungs and keep the breath under good control. Of course in form­ing some of the words it will be found impossible to keep the tongue entirely still, but so long as it retains a position well forward in the mouth, the effect can be obtained.

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