From the course: Vocal Lessons: 2 Singing Songs Better
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Singing the vowels
From the course: Vocal Lessons: 2 Singing Songs Better
Singing the vowels
- Okay, so here's the mini lesson. This mini lesson has to do with vowels and consonants. And as you may or may not have recognized, for us as singers, we use vowels and consonants no matter what language we're speaking in, there is going to be a physical action that in your language represents the physical action of consonance or the physical action of vowels. The way to get a better singing voice, in part, is to recognize the vowel sounds that are made for each note you're singing because the notes of your melody align with the vowel sound of each word or syllable of each word. I'm gonna give you a little short example. So this is from the band Jars of Clay, you may be familiar with them. This is the hook of one of their songs, and it goes like this. ♫ Keep your eyes wide open ♫ Keep your eyes wide open ♫ Okay, so now I'm gonna do it wrong. ♫ Keep your eyes wide open ♫ Please don't pass that around. (laughs) So, second example, I was closing in to as many consonants as I possibly…
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