Test 1 Flashcards
Posture
Feet shoulder length apart
Shoulders back and relaxed
Sternum high
Ribs high and open
Head up and back
Stand tall
Straight/aligned spine
No tension
Breath is…
Low
Expansive
Diaphragmatic
How to support the tone
Manage the exhalation process
(Release air slowly, smoothly and steadily)
External intercostals
For inhalation
Internal Intercostals
For exhalation
Resonance is
Space
How to achieve resonance:
Manipulate space in the pharynx
1) lift the palate
2) head up and back
3) drop jaw at the back
Vowels should be
Long, tall, vertical
Consonants (diction) should be
Crisp, aggressive, quick
Moment of inhalation
4 steps
1) head pitch in your head
2) create resonating space
3) know/feel/express characters emotions
4) breath correctly and support
Asperit
Start tone with an ‘h’ or breathy sound
Glottal
Slap chords together (like a grunt)
Silent / Smooth
Start with silent breath. Also Silent ‘h’
Cheek bone muscles
Zygomatics
[i]
ee
[e]
Eh
[a]
Ah
[>] (sideways u)
Oh
[u]
Oo
Dipthong
2 different vowel sounds that ‘glide’ together
How to sing a dipthong
Hold onto the 1st vowel and just hint (or ignore) the second vowel
Legato
To sing smoothly and connected in one continuous line of sound
How to sing legato (3 things)
1) breath
2) vowels
3) consonants
The Warm Up
Why and When
Why: to prepare the body/voice/brain for singing/talking properly
When: start of day
