Courtney-Master Class and Voice Lesson Week of 10/4/2021

Voice Lesson 10/1

• Exercise: 8531 [u]
• stretch in the back molars, small, round sound and small, round lips
• start the air first, think, trust, let the pitch
• Exercise: 54321 [va]
• start the air with the [v] and then let [a] also be carried on the air
• imagine the tongue releasing back into the throat
• notice what muscles released and therefore what wasn't needed to stabilize your larynx
• Exercise: 54321 [bla]
• let the jaw and tongue release and just focus on movement/air energy and where the vowel is going
• Exercise: 12321 [ʒ]
• a good amount of [ʃ] on breath energy in it
• forte
• 531 [vein] or [ʃeim]
• let it be carried out on the air, don't press or push it
• use 1st consonant to encourage air flow
• let air energy move through middle voice
• bring the lightness from the top down
• e brings tongue forward
• let the [e] pop/release open in the jaw right away
• Attente
• clap and speak the words at a higher pitch to work on tricky rhythm measures
• intone the French with equal length/accent on each syllable also at a higher pitch
• this takes more breath energy, that is okay
• memorize your music while you're conducting
• Adjust the notes leading up to the high notes, not necessarily the high note
• make sure they're present
• focus the vowels
• The path of the passaggio has to move up through the front of the face
• think that each of them has a little bit of [i] in it
• open your mouth Courtney
• las = [las]
• Leave the core of my voice in even at "piano" moments
• Crescendo to "etranges" and "anges" 
• Notice and acknowledge BETTER instead of always looking for perfection
• Stand like Batman
• Sing into your forehead
• be generous with the breath energy
• instead of being afraid, just go for it, have fun, feel it
• Piano dynamic is still energized and has core to it
• always on a forte body
• When the pressure is balanced it feels smaller, but fuller
• almost like there's a cap on the sound where the vowel is focused
• Laurie's Song
• crescendo "meant" (get applause)
• sing through each phrase like a rainbow
• Listen to your body about opening your mouth/stretching between your molars
• As you sing through a phrase, it gets deeper in your body and taller
• A little bit of [i] or [e] into all your vowels
• in the mirror: make an [a] with your mouth then think [i] or [e] with your tongue and then watch as you sing a phrase

Master Class 10/5

• Hayden: 
• Look Through the Port from Billy Budd
• Diction
• should be able to freeze frame speaking the text at any time and know what sound to IPA
• /die/ make sure the vowels in the diphthong don't blend
• /the/ uses [a] vowel
• [ə] or [ʌ] with a lmnr blends= [œ]
• pay attention to the small words
• Tanner
• (something about spring) Florence Price
• Diction
• our ears will retroactively fill in sounds so it's important to know what words need extra clear diction and which ones we can modify to make easier for singing.