We have two words today: dense which means a compacted substance and 

dance which means to move to music. So to say these words correctly  

both words start with the d sound. D To say this sound you're going to touch the  

tip of your tongue to the back of your top front  teeth, voice box is on and moving, air puffs out. 

We're going to end with the same two sounds  the n - tip of the tongue is behind the back  

of the top front teeth, air is moving  out of your nose, then you're going to  

move your tongue from the back of your top  front teeth, pull it away from the teeth,  

that is not touching, it's either behind  the top front teeth, or pointed down,  

and the air is going to move out of the nose,  out of the mouth, excuse me for the s sound

So we have ns ns ns

The difference that we're going to  be going for here is more with the  

vowel sounds today. How do we say the  difference between a short e a and a short a a? 

For the short e open your mouth slightly  and you should be able to see the tip of  

your tongue between your top and your  bottom teeth, that is the position -  

the tip of your tongue right between your top  and your bottom teeth, mouth slightly open,  

just so you can see your tongue  and your lips are relaxed,  

you do not want to pull your lips back too  much because if you pull them back and make  

them too tense that will close your mouth and  it might sound more like an e or an ih sound. 

So it might sound like that long e or that  short i by accident if your lips are too tense.

For the short ah you're going  to open your mouth even wider,  

and the tip of your tongue is  going to be low in your mouth,  

and the back of your tongue is going to be  pulled up towards the root roof of your mouth.

So we have eh ah eh ah eh ah

So again my hand is my tongue so this  is the eh sound just between my teeth;  

and then the ah my tongue pops way  down and comes way up in the back.

So let's put those words together  dense dense dense dance dance dance  

dense dance dense dance And now for a sentence:  

The dense crowd wanted to dance all night. So give it a try I know people are going to notice  

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