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From: Pauline Ridel
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Subject: Re: more on weight loss and singers
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Chris,

The exercise I call "ru-pu-tu-ku" was apparently invented by a German.
The idea is to forget about vowels (the "u" is a very short "uh") and
concentrate on expelling air. I've heard various versions but the one
I've noted goes:

ru-pu-tu-ku ru-pu-tu-ku
sh-sh-sh-sh sh-sh-sh-sh
ss-ss-ss-ss ss-ss-ss-ss
ch-ch-ch-ch ch-ch-ch-ch (as in the German "ich")
ft-ft-ft-ft ft-ft-ft-ft
hweet hweet hweet hweet

For the "hweet", you simply expel as much air as you can, using as
little vowel as possible. If your heads spins afterwards, you're doing
it right!

My present teacher used to make me do this concentrating on expelling
air from the lower abdomen, but has now turned her attentions to my
diaphragm. She gets me to do a similar exercise pointing my joined
fingers just under the centre of the ribcage.

Maybe one of the Vocalists professionals knows what this is called...

Thank you all for a fascinating list.

Pauline (a subscriber for only a few days, and hooked!)
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Pauline Ridel
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"Everything should be made as simple as possible,
but not simpler" (Albert Einstein)