From the course: Vocal Lessons: 3 Expanding Your Range

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Exercise 1 instructions: Eliminating the break

Exercise 1 instructions: Eliminating the break

From the course: Vocal Lessons: 3 Expanding Your Range

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Exercise 1 instructions: Eliminating the break

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(piano notes) - This exercise uses a phrase that you've done earlier and it repeats. Notice how it goes. (piano notes) (singing with piano) That's it, three times in a row. The important aspect of this exercise has to do with the release of the ah at the end of each phrase and smoothly gliding through that ee. That means not, as I've mentioned before, trying to pull the ah back even though you didn't realize you might be pulling that ah back, but you know what I'm talking about now, I think, in terms of creating space back there or tightening the tongue. It's a release, a release, a release. (piano notes) Ready to try this with me? Ee to ah. (singing with piano) Yes. So, I'm trusting that, at this point, you can keep your jaw open and still. Your tongue is staying resting, not pushed, but resting against the back of the bottom teeth. Your rib cage expansion is strong and steady. Stomach is relaxed. Let's do it together again. (singing with piano) Again. (singing with piano) Don't try…

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