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Vocal Lesson 1: Anatomy |
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Singing starts with
an inhale. Most people know this action requires the
diaphragm but are not aware of its location or how
it works |
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Vocal Lesson 2: Posture |
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Good posture is
essential for a singer. Quite apart from wanting to
appear, and feel, poised and confident in front of
an audience, there are technical reasons why good
posture is the most fundamental requirement in
singing |
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Vocal Lesson 3: Breathing |
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Breathing must be
swift (sometimes a piece doesn't allow much time to
take breath) and quiet (the sound of a singer
gasping for air is distracting for the audience) |
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Vocal Lesson 4: Support |
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Support is the
control of air pressure in such a way as to maintain
accurate pitch, consistent volume and tone quality,
and to sustain these to meet the requirements of any
given phrase of music |
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Vocal Lesson 5: Phonation
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Phonation is a fancy term for the making of sound.
In other words, as soon as the vocal cords come
together and air flows between
them causing them to vibrate, you are phonating |
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Vocal Lesson 6: Registers |
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Unfortunately the
subject of registers is one which suffers from wide
differences of opinion, and even worse, wide
variations in terminology |
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Vocal Lesson 7: Resonance |
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Almost everyone, at
some point in their
artistic
career, has picked up a bottle and blown across the
opening, making it sound like a small foghorn (this
seems to be a particularly popular activity with
beer bottles, for some reason) |
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Vocal Lesson 8: Expression |
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Expression is the
variation of vocal sound to convey emotion, or to
communicate more vividly the meaning of a text |
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Vocal Lesson 9: Interpretation |
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Interpretation
consists of emotional and intellectual commitment to
the text of a piece of music |
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Vocal Lesson 10: Treatment For Stage Fright |
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From butterflies to
panic attacks, stage fright is nothing more than a
fear of the unknown. How will the audience react?
Will I forget the lyrics or sing out of tune? Will
my voice hold out? Since none of these questions can
be answered before hand, anxiety builds |
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Vocal Lesson 11: How to Sell Yourself in an Audition
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What makes a
successful audition? I’ve heard this question asked
so many times. Within three installments, I am going
to give you some very useful suggestions on how to
sell yourself in an audition |
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