Hayden- Voice Lesson 10/5

 Idk what was going on today but my voice felt horrible.

These are warmups.

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- keep the brilliance and focus of [i] in [a]

- this felt a little stiff during my lesson. Going back and doing it again now, it feels fine. Even the A up top feels nice and free, with no change in the buzziness i'm feeling, no change in the larynx, etc. Amazing the difference a couple of hours can make.

You know, I had a lot of luck experimenting with warmups and drills this week. I think a good way I can expand the previous exercise is to add a long [n] to the beginning after it gets too high for me to start it easily- maybe around the D-F range, so that I feel the placement I'm looking for for G-A/Bb before I start the warmup.

Back to the warmups, which is mostly what we did today, thank goodness.

nine-note scale ah/oh/oo

- keep mouth open

- notwithstanding my sluggish-feeling voice, it appears that I've made substantial improvements in a rather short period of time. Yeah, it was a good week vocally

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- ah

- no

- elongate the first two. Make the whole thing dramatic

- start off the voice on the first one, then crescendo, go to the second one, decrescendo, then finish the exercise

Aus meinen Tränen spriessen

- this is where I started feeling weird in my voice.

- tried singing it a bit louder. mf instead of mp

- we didn't talk about this, but sing through the consonants

- put some [i] in every vowel

Die Rose, die Lilie

- open ur mouth more

O Isis und Osiris

- Whoa, that was a D

- I'm coming off the voice here. Idk how but I am

wiah again

- feels supported and resonant again. Not sure how to reconcile this with the fact that my voice felt like garbage when singing actual music today.

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- this actually feels fine up to a G, where it suddenly feels harmful.

wolf call

- aooooo

- bring ooo down 

- start with nice breath

who are you

- start voiceless, then gradually add voice, but never too much

- stay on one pitch, more or less

who is Lou?

- emphasize [z] in "is"

who can do

see Sally sleep

see Sally sleep soundly by the sea

- really stay on those [s]

now do the breathy speech thing on the text from Billy in the Darbies

578 on a light sovt, like oo or vv (fff)

- let the breath carry the sound