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

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Exercise 6 instructions: The la-ga series

Exercise 6 instructions: The la-ga series

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

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Exercise 6 instructions: The la-ga series

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- We're going to continue with the La-Ga Series, but now do the second melody. I want you to watch my hands, so you can see how the melody looks on the piano. Wonderful thing about piano, it's so visual. Okay so it's... (simple music) again, it looks like this... (simple music) The rest of the directions are exactly the same, holding the jaw, but I don't want you to be too closed though, right? Because you need to have that tongue move enough to limber. Now here, la-ga, that wouldn't bee too good. And here, there's enough distance between my teeth or whatever, your teeth might be a little longer, but... And then: la-ga, la-ga, la-ga, la-ga, la Then here, and working on keeping that jaw still, it might still take you a while to get to the point where you can just let that tongue isolate, not use your lips, keep them relaxed, and just do whatever the particular syllables are. La, ga, and tighten here (mumbles) And here, tightens here. What I said was, "tighten here, it will tighten…

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