TARGETED PrACTICE
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.
BREATH SUPPORT
Exercises for finding and optimizing our muscles of respiration and breath support.
Exercises for finding and optimizing our muscles of respiration and breath support.
BREATH CONTROL
Breath management exercises - coordinated breath support muscles, air release, and vocal cord closure and vibration.
Breath management exercises - coordinated breath support muscles, air release, and vocal cord closure and vibration.
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 EFFICIENCY
Onset / Inertance / Compression via Vocal Fry & SOVT exercises
Onset / Inertance / Compression via Vocal Fry & SOVT exercises
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.