From the course: Vocal Lessons: 4 Singing Embellishments

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Exercise 7 instructions: Funk embellishment, part 1

Exercise 7 instructions: Funk embellishment, part 1

From the course: Vocal Lessons: 4 Singing Embellishments

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Exercise 7 instructions: Funk embellishment, part 1

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- Okey-dokey. This next embellishment is primarily a funk embellishment. However, it also works with speed of notes. So, let's label this an advanced exercise. It's fun, but it definitely needs some application of prior skills that we've been working on, such as permitting the resonance to center right in the level of your nasal cavity, which does not mean that you're gonna sound nasal. It just helps the energy of your voice to balance with the muscle movements down here, so that you don't choke up. It also provides you with speed of notes, just thinking here. Now, mostly, the vowel that we'll use is an oh. It transforms ever so slightly into a little bit of an ah, but that more has to do with the change of resonance as you move to the end of the embellishment. I'm gonna count it a lot for you on this track, because it takes precise counting to know when, in the music, rhythmically you need to start. And then, we count on your fingers, because you're going to be doing four…

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