From the course: Singing Lessons: 3 Essential Techniques
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Messa di voce exercise
From the course: Singing Lessons: 3 Essential Techniques
Messa di voce exercise
- Let's practice Messa Di Voce. I'm going to play some chords and let them ring out so that we have our pitch reference in our ears. You sing along with me. We'll start on a C, middle C. And I'll do it on a "e", vowel. And we'll see how long we can sustain it. Remember, you are keeping the tone and the vibrato, if you're using it. The pitch all sustained with no change. The only thing you're changing is the volume. You're doing a gradual crescendo, or increase in volume, and then a gradual decrescendo. So match me, we'll sing on a few different notes, a few different vowel sounds, and then the backing track will be available for you to practice on your own. Here's a Messa Di Voce tone on middle C. (piano) (singing) (singing volume increase) (singing volume decrease) Now let's try it on an A below middle C. (piano) We're going to change the vowel. Let's go to an "ah". (piano) (singing) (singing volume increase) (singing volume decrease) You could hear a little bit of vocal fry there at…
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