Courtney Lesson 9/10 and Master Class 9/14

 Lesson 9/10

• Exercise: hum 54321 
• tongue up against teeth
• feel the hum through out your body
• let it vibrate
• let the breath come through, don't worry about the voicing
• Exercise: [i] 12321 
• move air through the notes (notes are pitch thoughts dropped on air)
• keep thinking he vowel and singing it pure
• My musical theatre voice can be the cornerstone for my classical voice
• my musical theatre vowels are more focused and that can be used in my classical
• whole body becomes an amplification system
• spreading tall through out the body
• Exercise: [i] [a] [i] [a] [i] 54321 with flips on the notes
• let it start and stay in head voice, bring the head voice down
• then give it breath energy and confidence
• sing with abandon
• The operatic voice is head voice spread down through the body
• Exercise: [a] 12345678987654321
• taller [a] as in father, and stay there even if you feel a desire to shift
• imagine it stretching up bright but tall, let it be confident
• just let the top come out (rather than punching it)
• let your vowels be normal with a floaty tongue 
• Your larynx is smart, trust it! Play. Think chaos and destruction if you need to let go a little bit. Allow your body to figure things out.
• Vowels don't need to change as resonance changes
• Exercise: [ŋi] [ŋe] [ŋa] [ŋo] [ŋu] 555554321
• focus the [ŋ] and the vowel somewhere
• let it spin and enjoy it
• feel it on the bridge of your nose
• don't use a tight hand gesture
• Exercise [fa] 8-5-3-1
• generous [f] to help the breath move and continue flowing
• quiet [a] moves out away far from you
• cresecendo as you let the pitches float down on air
• air moves the entire time, it's a fast spin
• CHAOS AND DISASTER
• When the breath is in charge this is called flow phonation
• Exercise: sigh down through range and stay in the lighter register the entire time
• use breathy to find it
• focus in middle where it might flip over
• reduces use of vocalis muscles
• Exercise: [ne] 1-3-5-8-5-3-1 
• slightly breathy open mouth
• annoying sound
• top should feel like bottom in throat 
• MT but taller 
• one big note, one breath pressue
• faster
• top doesn't need to be punched
• ugly sound
• Exercise: [v] with air buzzing
• move around voice and make sure air doesn't stop as I go up

Master Class 9/14 

Me: Laurie's Song

• Finding body energy through out the piece, not just on the high notes
• Use the feeling on the high notes to find it in your middle range
• Don’t be afraid of it being loud
• Don’t push it either, just trust it
• Let the voice and air move through the consonants while keeping upper body 
• Let complete thoughts be all one note 
• Keep doing/working: smiley in back of face, excitement in eyes, high tongue in the back