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From:  gwyee@r...
gwyee@r...
Date:  Sat Feb 3, 2001  4:07 am
Subject:  Re: [vocalist] PED--The upper break


Thanks, mike, I'll certainly give it a try!

GWendel

At 11:57 AM 2/2/01 EST, you wrote:
> instead of just sirening, you may want to add staccato exercises as
>well. i like using the syllable 'bip', myself. the benefits of staccato
>exercises, from my experience, is that it helps to keep the sound from
>spreading. it's hard to spread a staccato 'bip' and when returning to
>legato singing, it becomes obvious by contrast how spread one's singing has
>been. staccato singing also helps to seperate the 'meat from the motion'.
>that is, the exercise really points out how seperate the feeling of producing
>sound is from the sound itself.


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