One of the challenging things about building a reliable vocal technique is that some parts of your body have to let go while other parts work hard. Get it backwards,…
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Sometimes when I’m talking shop with colleagues they will tell me about a recent course, workshop, or book that they have learned from. Sometimes they may say, “You probably know…
Are these pairs of words all talking about the same thing? bright/dark simply speaking/free-flowing air reed tone/flute tone chest/falsetto chiaroscuro ee/oo brilliant/somber Either “yes” or “no” is correct depending on…
Occlusive exercises are those that greatly reduce or close the mouth opening to allow for a different kind of action of the vocal folds. These include: Lip trills or bubbles…
When I was studying for my music education degree, I took a course in which I learned about the concept of “spiral curriculum”. The idea is that a subject is…