- Overall this lesson was incredibly exciting. A lot of things I've been struggling with the last couple weeks clicked into place for me. I understood not only how I wanted things to feel, but why things didn't always feel great, and what wasn't working about my practicing.
- 1358531 on a lip buzz
- So great for just getting me to release sound without trying to manufacture anything. I focused on feeling my stomach release between each set and that was successful.
- 54321 [bla bla bla]
- Once again, I just focused on releasing sound and feeling my throat stay nice and open and relaxed.
- 1232123212321 [u o a]
- [u] feels really dome-y and hooty. I naturally was letting the [o] stay in the space and started the [a] the same way. The problem was that I was overcorrecting the [a] as I moved through the exercise.
- I also can start my warm-ups with these lighter sounds. It doesn't need to be loud with lots of spin in these exercises. I can use these to untie the knots and just let things be loose and flexible.
- 1353146413531 [uyu]
- I absolutely love the feeling of keeping my [i] vowel in an [u] space.
- Umlauting the vowel also helps keep my teeth apart.
- 135878987654321 [u a/i]
- Instead of being afraid of [a] energize it. Feel it at the front of your face around your nose
- Use [i] to find the place for a inside the [u]
- Don't worry about backing the vowels, rather let your tongue fill the front of your mouth and think/hear the vowel. Vowel is compressed at the front. Thinking about space in the back is not currently helpful.
- Tongue is fat, let it take up all the space.
- Say [ajiaji] or [ajeajeaje] then sing 1358531 with mouth open and a smile.
- 12321 [z]
- let the energy/pressure from the body stay the same and trust the larynx.
- 12321 [za]
- focus on one thing at a time in my practicing.
- Keep the pressure the same when the vowel opens.
- Takes energy and trust the body.
- Changed to [zo] to keep the vowel tall
- [no] 54321 then to [ni]
- Let the [n] be more forward in my mouth.
- Focus on feeling the buzz
- Hear the vowel, open your mouth.
- As you come lower, the vowel compresses more in rather than down
- Takeaways:
- Just hear the vowel
- Let the tongue fill your mouth
- Think less... Instead focus on feeling something in your practicing. Let the exercise do the work for you. Choose one physical thing to focus on.
- Breath trajectory moves to the top of my forehead, but sound is just being released.
- [u] creates the right amount of back space.
- The Light in the Piazza
- Just speak in the [u] space. It's more forward than you think.
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