Lesson 9/24/2021
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Exercise Lip Buzz 1-3-5-8-5-3-1
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Lips regulate the flow of air to keep it
continuous and steady
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Tongue up against roof of the mouth, think [i]
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Let pitches ride on the air
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Keep head looking forward rather than turning
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Let high notes be in the upper register (floaty)
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Exercise /a-wow-a-wow-wow/ 54321
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Let lips and tongue gently articulate so the jaw
can stay released and open
· Exercise [a-o-u] 9 note scale
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Let it be faster instead of being too careful
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Stay moving and energized through-out all pitches,
even those in the middle voice
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Exercise [i-i-i] 12321
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Just go for it
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Taller/stretched up and down, compressed side to
side
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Use a really bright, forward [i] to find the
released tongue then stretch/compress it
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Healthy air flow is essential to a stabilized
larynx without using excess muscle
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The top (throat up) is soft and supple floating
on a stable column of air and core muscles
· Exercise [a-ha-ha-ha] 123456787654321
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Each note is markado, vigorous and energized
with vibrato
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Abdomen is supple and bouncy
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Bounce off of your core
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Like a belly laugh
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Cracking and instability show that our larynx is
trying to work it out, don’t be afraid of it
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Open your mouth
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Think the vowel
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Keep the breath the same every note, let the
openness of the bottom note stay strough out, it’s always getting taller and
deeper
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Be generous with breath and energy
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It’s okay if I need to take more breaths
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Focused vowels act like a small hole in a
balloon, letting the leak out consistently
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Exercise [iiiaaai] 1358531
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Umlaut the [i], focus on the vowels
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Let the breath energy come from deep in you
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Keep the [a] tall
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Make an ugly/slightly nasally [i] then stretch
it up and down
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I’ve been compressing my [i] too far back,
compress it at my front teeth
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Fill the front of your mouth with the [i] and
your tongue
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Laurie’s Song To Work On
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Use the first attempt rule and just go, don’t
overthink it
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Increase the breath energy and legato, don’t
increase air pressure
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“tall as this fence” rhythm
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“meant” grow on the fermata
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Open your mouth so the air has somewhere to go
Let it resonate where it wants.
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