Thanks Lloyd good post. I can offer an exercise, which helps raise the soft palette in an natural way: Basically a scale, but in the following order:
CCD DDE EEF FFG GGA AAB BBC CCB BBA AAG GGF FFE EED DDC with KI KA KE, KI KA KO, KI KA KE, KI KA KO etc.
BTW, it was originally used to get good diction while singing legato, the complete exercise is to use all consonants, and change consonants after each set of 3. This exercise came to me from Herbert Cessari via a pupil of his.
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