From the course: Vocal Lessons: 4 Singing Embellishments

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Exercise 2 instructions: Embellishment basics

Exercise 2 instructions: Embellishment basics

From the course: Vocal Lessons: 4 Singing Embellishments

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Exercise 2 instructions: Embellishment basics

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- Hello again. This embellishment exercise uses chords. (playing piano) That's it. So it uses a yeaaaaah. And you're going to work on keeping that eah vowel sound, vowel pronunciation, consistent through it. ♫ Yeah ♫ Yeah ♫ So it doesn't matter what the note is, that vowel stays your constant focus. Otherwise you get this. ♫ Yeah-ee-yeah-ee-yeah ♫ Now, if you mean to have the ee, that's fine, 'cause you could use that. ♫ Yeah-ee-yeah-ee-yeah ♫ If you want to, but it really has to be your decision, now I'm changing the vowel, not some kind of some sloppy, oops, the vowel just changed, I have no clue what it's gonna be. And that's where embellishments end up sounding sloppy and amateur. So it's your decision with the vowel. If you're gonna change it then you decide that you're going to change it and just use it for a different color. That's not saying that you have to think about it when you sing, but we're in training right now. Athlete training. This is your training camp. And so…

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