From the course: Vocal Lessons: 4 Singing Embellishments

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Exercise 7 instructions: Funk embellishment, part 2

Exercise 7 instructions: Funk embellishment, part 2

From the course: Vocal Lessons: 4 Singing Embellishments

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Exercise 7 instructions: Funk embellishment, part 2

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- So, pulse is an embellishment. So when you go, ♫ Woah oh, ooh oh ♫ Oh oh oh oh ♫ Woah oh oh oh♫ It's just down a little bit into the note, down a little bit to the note. That's not vibrato, it's a type of an embellishment, that's called a glissando, but it's a very short one, it gliss, it's like glissing. Whop, whoop, whoop. ♫ Woah oh oh oh♫ And it sounds like a lot of separate notes, but it's just the same note, it's the way you approach it each time. It's not a bang, a clang, or a pull. It's just the sound, think the vowel, ♫ Woah oh oh oh ♫ Woah oh oh oh ♫ Bo oh oh oh ♫ And then you run down. ♫ Woah oh oh oh ♫ Ooh oh ♫ So it's, ♫ Woah ooh ooh ooh oh oh oh oh ♫ Ooh oh ♫ So it's, ♫ Woah ooh ooh ooh ♫ First part. ♫ Woah oh ooh oh ♫ Woah oh ooh oh ♫ Woah oh, ooh oh ♫ Again. ♫ Woah oh, ooh oh ♫ So we're putting that little, kinda swing into it, which is part of the attitude of this embellishment. Rhythm shows attitude. Other things show attitude also, but rhythm is definitely part of…

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