Workshop Wisdom, June 14, 2007
Qualities of a Good Sound:
Freely produced
Pleasant to listen to
Loud enough to carry
Rich, ringing and resonant
Connected from note to note (legato)
Consistently produced
Vibrant
Flexibly expressive
A balanced onset is characterized by simultaneous (almost) coordination of the breath and the voice and requires a FULL opening of the glottis. [We will all be working much more on deeper - note, not BIGGER - breathing as well as practicing suspensions, which I have avoided because I was afraid that you all would "set" the breath like I did in college when no one explained it to me.]
"You have to be singing on the INSIDE before you start singing on the OUTSIDE." Ruthanne Crow, one of the volunteer teachers.
Freely produced
Pleasant to listen to
Loud enough to carry
Rich, ringing and resonant
Connected from note to note (legato)
Consistently produced
Vibrant
Flexibly expressive
A balanced onset is characterized by simultaneous (almost) coordination of the breath and the voice and requires a FULL opening of the glottis. [We will all be working much more on deeper - note, not BIGGER - breathing as well as practicing suspensions, which I have avoided because I was afraid that you all would "set" the breath like I did in college when no one explained it to me.]
"You have to be singing on the INSIDE before you start singing on the OUTSIDE." Ruthanne Crow, one of the volunteer teachers.