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From:  John Alexander Blyth <BLYTHE@B...>
Date:  Wed Apr 5, 2000  3:33 pm
Subject:  Re: [vocalist-temporary] vocal shake


It sounds like you're in the hands of a good teacher! I had previously
posted that perhaps you were 'doing' too much, but perhaps it is a stage
that one must go through in order to establish what will then be second
nature - certainly to *discover* what one must. For me singing is a rather
Zen-like situation of 'having the right thing happen' rather than 'control,
control, control'. john

At 15:16 05/04/00 +1000, you wrote:
>Hi, Mirko here again
>
>I posted recently about trying to get rid of my vocal shake (or trying to
>work with it and *let* it dissapear).
>
>I've started practising my arias at about a really slow tempo. I sing each
>note fully, and wait for the natural ring to appear, however long it takes
>(usually about a second). My teacher has given me Mozart's dalla sua pace
>to learn (as well as Il mio tesoro, and Donzinetti's una furtiva lagrima-
>what a beautiful piece!) So, with the mozart piece, I start by 1. creating
>space in the throat, 2. supporting the breath, by maintaining expansion in
>the space below the ribs and above the pelvic area, and 3. singing each and
>every note very slowly (and at a full volume- which is very loud for me).
>It seems to be working really well. I'll keep doing them really slowly for
>a couple of weeks, and see what happens.
>I'm also doing the tenor intro to the Messiah- comfort ye my people, which
>is fantastic for sustained notes.
>What do the listers think? After doing this for a while, will this process
>speed up?
>Does this seem like a good plan?
>
>Gosh, this singing stuff is so tricky. One day it's easy, next day it seems
>impossible.
>but as my teacher says- singing is easy when you're doing it right, but
>really difficult when you're doing something wrong.
>
>Mirko (tenor)
>
>
>
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John Blyth
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Brandon, Manitoba, Canada


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