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Category Archives: Vocal Resources
The Vocal Mechanism and MRI
Long time no see. That’s because I’ve been growing my student base as well as working on a novel (you can learn more about that on my other blog).I am going to attempt to be more regular and share more … Continue reading
Posted in Practice Techniques, Teaching Chorus, Teaching Voice, Vocal Resources
Tagged broadway, cords, health, healthy, images, larynx, mechanism, mri, opera, pharynx, resources, rock, sing, singing, soft palate, song, style, tips, velum, video, vocal, vocalist, voice
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SOVT, Vocal Development, and…Straws??
Hello everyone! I recently had a student with an emergency situation: she woke up with no voice! This is a little girl (11) who might as well have been born on the stage — she sings all the time! And … Continue reading
Posted in Teaching Chorus, Teaching Private Lessons, Vocal Resources
Tagged alto, bass clef, children, exercises, fleming, help, kid, opera, renee, semi occluded, sick, sing, soprano, sovt, steam, straw, student, tenor, tired, vocal, vocal tract, voice
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Article: Teacher NOSE Best – dealing with nasality in singing.
An excellent article from the “Vocal Process” blog, written by Jeremy Fisher, on how to remove that gross nasal sound from your choir or soloist. http://vocalprocess.co.uk/nasality-in-singing/ Enjoy!
Posted in Teaching Chorus, Teaching Private Lessons, Vocal Resources
Tagged choir, chorus, how-to, nasal, nasality, nose, process, singing, solo, tone, vocal
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Article: Protecting Children’s Voices.
Also from the same website as my previous post, written by Maestro David L. Jones. http://www.voiceteacher.com/children_article/children.html Some excerpted information from this article: Abusive Practices in the Child’s Voice: 1. Heavy belting: taking chest voice higher than is healthy. 2. … Continue reading
Posted in Teaching Private Lessons, Vocal Resources
Tagged child, children, damage, David L. Jones, lessons, mozart, music, prodigy, vocal, voices
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Article: Damaging Vocal Technique
In doing some research for voice lessons, I found this useful article on The Voice Teacher website, written by David Jones: http://www.voiceteacher.com/damaging.html The article includes such topics as flat tongued singing, jaw forward, breathy singing, belting, etc. Please check it … Continue reading
Posted in Teaching Private Lessons, Vocal Resources
Tagged bad, damage, damaging, Jones, larynx, singing, technique, vocal, voice
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Vocal Focus: Sight-Reading and Vocalise Books
While my teaching adventures in the private lesson world focus mainly on clarinet and piano, I have begun including voice lessons due to high demand for them withing the studio. (I also have a saxophone student!) In an effort to … Continue reading
Posted in Method Book Reviews and Samples, Teaching Private Lessons, Vocal Resources
Tagged agility, boytim, complete vocal method, concone, database, do, download, free, imslp, lesson, lessons, library, marchesi, method, mi, music, print, private, private voice studio, re, schirmer, school of sight-singing, solfege, solfeggio, studio, vocal, vocaleze, vocalise, vocalize, voice, warm-up
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Vocal Resources – Links
Vocal Resources Your Accompanist: http://www.youraccompanist.com/piano-accompaniments Teaching Music Through Performance in Choir: http://www.teachingmusic.org/tmtp_choir.cfm Florida Vocal Association http://www.fva.net http://www.fva.net/for-directors/ctr/ Useful director resources! Voice placement help will be especially useful. National Association of Teachers of Singing: http://www.nats.org/ Making Music Magazine: http://www.makingmusicmag.com/ Check their … Continue reading
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Adventures of a Music Teacher 