From the course: Vocal Lessons: 1 Warm Ups and Cool Downs

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Exercise 5 instructions: The la-ga series, part 2

Exercise 5 instructions: The la-ga series, part 2

From the course: Vocal Lessons: 1 Warm Ups and Cool Downs

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Exercise 5 instructions: The la-ga series, part 2

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- So far we've done la-ga and ya-ya. The third one is done again, still with your tongue out. Ya-ga. Ya-ga. This creates a whole different set of muscle actions by the tongue. Ya-ga. Once again, we're not trying to create space for the Ya, just let it be natural. Ya-ga. Not Yah. Don't press the tongue down. Not Ya, don't open the back, just totally natural, totally natural. Ya-ga. One of the instructions that you'll probably end up hearing from me quite a bit as we move forward with vocal exercises is to stop sometimes in between, in the midst of the exercise and just say the vowel and find how you naturally do it without any kind of augmentation, trying to create more space or whatever. We just need to get these muscles exercised, we're not dealing with style. We will, we'll get into style, but the exercises don't use style. We aren't trying to project, have this big voice that casts its sound across the stage or whatever or an auditorium. Just a natural speaking approach. OK, we've…

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