From: "DIANE M. CLARK (MUSIC DEPARTMENT)"
Subject: Re: Exercises for Breathy Singers
To: vocalist
Send reply to: VOCALIST <vocalist>

Marthea wrote:

>>Diane Clark wrote: "My favorite exercise for achieving clarity of tone (a.k.a.
f
ocus) is the
duck, parrot, crow, witch voice. (Take your pick!) It's also described in one
of the pedagogy books as the Old Maid's Cackle."

Oh, please explain these! They sound great for my breathy teenagers!

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What's to explain? You quack like a duck, squawk like a parrot, caw like a
crow, cackle like a witch. Do it and you will get the idea. I.e., you will
see what happens in your own voice. Believe me, you'll have to demonstrate
with confidence in order to convince your students to make such weird sounds.
And it takes a long time for them to figure out that they are connected with
good singing! :)

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