Gibberish
A drill for pure expressiveness. Hit the button for a scene-intention ("sell a broken vacuum," "confess your love"). Play it out in a completely made-up language: not a single real word, only sounds, intonation, rhythm, and emotion. With meaning switched off, your voice itself learns to "taste" good.
How it works
- Hit "Give me a scene" for an intention: sell something, convince someone, make an excuse to someone.
- Play it out in a made-up language. No real words — only gibberish, but with genuine intonation and emotion.
- The goal: the intention should be clear from the sound alone — where it's a request, a threat, or delight.
- You can turn on a 30/60-sec timer for discipline. Hit "Another scene" to change the task.
Tips
- Invent a "sound" for the language and stick to it: hissing, growling, sing-song. Consistent sound makes gibberish feel like a real language.
- All the information is in the melody and the pauses. Raise your pitch at the end — it's a question; cut it short — a command. The listener should get it without words.
- Add gestures and facial expression. Gibberish without the body sounds empty — with the body it instantly becomes clear and funny.
- Don't slip into real words. Catching yourself on an "uhh" or a familiar word is a sign you leaned on meaning instead of sound.
Other exercises
Improv movie dubbing
A random muted scene from a classic Soviet movie. Voice every character on the fly — men, women, bit parts.
Roller coaster
Talk about a word while the widget throws a new emotion, genre, or character at you every 15–30 sec — switch gears on the fly.
Scenario prompt
A random role-play situation — act it out with your voice. From "explain memes to an alien" to "talk a dragon into a tournament".
Common questions
Why speak a made-up language?
It revs up vocal expressiveness. When you can't lean on meaning, intonation, pace, and emotion take over — the very tools that hold a listener's attention. After gibberish, ordinary speech sounds livelier.
Doesn't it look silly?
It's a warm-up, not a performance. Do it in private — like actors before stepping on stage. The bolder you goof around in warm-up, the freer your voice in front of people.
Good for a two-person warm-up?
Works great: one plays a scene in gibberish, another "translates" it aloud. You get a mini-sketch and a quick vocal warm-up.