TECHNIQUE WORK & exercise guidance
TARGETED PRACTICE
Practice RoutineS
WARM UPS
Exercises that focus on: shifting from every day uses of the voice to "instrument mode" / testing out and observing the voice to better isolate and streamline your exercise and technique work.
Exercises that focus on: shifting from every day uses of the voice to "instrument mode" / testing out and observing the voice to better isolate and streamline your exercise and technique work.
EXERCISES
Exercises that focus on various aspects of technique work: resonance, placement, embouchure, tongue release, onset, breath support, registers, articulation (legato, staccato...), scales and agility.
Exercises that focus on various aspects of technique work: resonance, placement, embouchure, tongue release, onset, breath support, registers, articulation (legato, staccato...), scales and agility.
BREATHING & SUPPORT
Muscles of respiration and breath support.
Muscles of respiration and breath support.
VOWELS
Vowels // Shaping the vocal tract to optimize acoustic space // Tongue posture // Tension Reduction.
Vowels // Shaping the vocal tract to optimize acoustic space // Tongue posture // Tension Reduction.
RANGE
Accessing the highest and lowest notes within our instrument's potential without strain.
Accessing the highest and lowest notes within our instrument's potential without strain.
PHONATION
Onset / Efficiency / Inertance / Compression.
Onset / Efficiency / Inertance / Compression.
COORDINATION
Putting all of the above together. Articulation (accents, tenuto, staccato, etc...), moving nimbly between the extremes of your range, dynamics (loud / soft), extended phrases, coloratura, musicality, and expression!
Putting all of the above together. Articulation (accents, tenuto, staccato, etc...), moving nimbly between the extremes of your range, dynamics (loud / soft), extended phrases, coloratura, musicality, and expression!
EAR TRAINING
Building confidence in our ear-voice coordination / Tuning / Relative Pitch / Scales and Arpeggios.
Building confidence in our ear-voice coordination / Tuning / Relative Pitch / Scales and Arpeggios.
ROUTINES
Here are a handful of "vegetables" - exercises that you can use to strengthen and dial in your technique in every practice session.
Here are a handful of "vegetables" - exercises that you can use to strengthen and dial in your technique in every practice session.
DRONES & REFERENCE PITCHES
Practice with a drone to help improve intonation, intervals, harmony, and rhythmic imagination. Drones and pink noise can also act as a sonic security blanket, and help draw your voice out if you're feeling in a slump.
Practice with a drone to help improve intonation, intervals, harmony, and rhythmic imagination. Drones and pink noise can also act as a sonic security blanket, and help draw your voice out if you're feeling in a slump.