tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-222132822024-03-14T02:27:52.358+01:00Check With Chuck, Best Vocal CoachHow to sing better, Singing Lessons, Vocal CoachingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger141125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22213282.post-22474223561262709222019-07-13T20:59:00.001+02:002019-07-13T20:59:22.683+02:00GET YOUR FREE BOOK NOW!<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: #1c1e21; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">HEY! Want a free primer for singers? It's called Karaoke, No Chokey. </span>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It means so that you don't "choke" when you get up to sing, by making a fool of yourself. In the little book is a primer on vocal technique that works. </span>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You can download the PDF! Want it? Get it! <a href="https://practasing.com/">https://practasing.com/</a></span></span><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22213282.post-49390748816850292452019-03-29T15:50:00.002+01:002019-03-29T15:51:09.622+01:00My Experience Is Unique (so, is yours)<div class="_1dwg _1w_m _q7o" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 12px; padding-right: 12px; padding-top: 12px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
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I wrote a test for vocal coaches a few years ago. Most could not pass it. It is on one of my websites. What is it based upon? My experience is unique. No one has lived my life in diverse fields, as a professional; not the same ones as mine. My perspectives are based on my experience as a professional musician, professional singer, professional arranger, professional music producer, having studied with the best teachers and mentors to be found, having studied the most factual and scientifically accurate sources having to do with the voice, and having done an internship under one of the greats of vocal pedagogy. This includes having had eight physicians as vocal students, who shared their knowledge, expertise and wisdom with me, and I asked a lot of questions along the way. </div>
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Then there is my other side. It does have something to do with music, but it is 4 decades of a being professional in architecture, structural design, and other related fields, giving a very broad understanding of the structure and function of the vocal apparatus, seen as a musical instrument and art unto itself. </div>
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I have never been into this "for the money", but instead approached it as a journey of factual and workable discovery and sharing those findings along the way. But wait, there's more. I once knew a man who owned a few houses. I asked him how a person could "learn to be an investor". He answered that he thought it was best to "learn by doing". I put that concept to use and have written over 2,500 musical pieces. I also studied with some fantastic professionals, to expand my knowledge of music. All this was after being a college music major, leading an 8 piece band on the road, playing six nights a week, working in Las Vegas for 18 years, working in Orlando for another 18 years and having had a few thousand students. I write music almost every day. Staying objective and non-judgmental of oneself affords the freedom to grow and to learn. </div>
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Along the way, there have been some side effects. I can write music that I hear, meaning all of it: the melody, the chords, the percussion, the piano, bass, drums, guitar, etc. and can do it without using a keyboard or any other instrument. I can also do this very quickly. Whether it is innate or learned from experience, I'm not sure. Just as cross-training can be helpful to an athlete in a given sport, doing other arts may well enhance your main art. There is an art of duplication, assimilation, replication, and extemporization and it can be found in all art, potentially. Improving this in one area will often enhance another which is apparently not related at all. These are some things to think about. I am not looking for any new students. The ones who are looking for some help do find me and I give them my all.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22213282.post-89313595858114005102019-03-15T11:27:00.002+01:002019-03-15T11:27:33.195+01:00What Should I Practice?<h2>
What should you practice?</h2>
"If it ain't broke, don't fix it!" - Thomas Bertram may have been the one to whom this phrase is attributed but there is truth in the idea of it. Why waste time on things you are already doing well? Focus on the issues. Don't just sing songs over and over again. You'll get nowhere in a hurry. A great professor I had said, "Practice with a purpose." If you're not working toward something, you're working toward nothing. What must be better? What can be done about it? Which exercises should you use to improve the issue the quickest? If you don't know, ask, but ask someone who does actually know.<br />
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Assess your singing.</h3>
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<li>How is your intonation; are you in tune? </li>
<li>How is your endurance; does your voice get tired?</li>
<li>Do you have a problem with register transitioning, cracking or breaking?</li>
<li>Do you enunciate clearly, too clearly, or not clearly enough? Style will dictate this, usually.</li>
<li>Can you sing softly, medium, loudly while maintaining control?</li>
<li>Do you have a vibrato?</li>
<li>Can you sing every style you wish to?</li>
<li>Is your musicianship strong or weak? Rhythm, pitch, duration of tones, timing, etc.</li>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22213282.post-41519263516202091852018-11-24T09:52:00.000+01:002018-11-24T09:52:06.516+01:00Music and Math<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Music is not mushy, not all the time.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Speaking of time, time is mostly very consistent and even.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>You can slow it down – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">ritardando.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></i><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>You can speed it up – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">accelerando. </i><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Still, it is mostly very consistent and even.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Time is quantifiable and measurable.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Within time are rhythms which also are very mathematical and are stated as fractions.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Notes are given values as to how long they are sustained: whole, half, quarter, eighth, sixteenth, thirty-second, and so on.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Sometimes they are one and a half times their value or are tied to other notes and the two values are combined to create that specific endurance of tone.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Even when a singer is singing <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">rubato</i> and is stretching or compressing note values or speeding them up or slowing them down, the time of the music usually is remaining constant.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>The singer, if a great singer, will know that the time is consistent and will have a sense of that time while simultaneously singing <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">ad lib</i> instead of mechanically interfacing with the time of the music in a strictly mathematical way.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Time for the soloist can be alterable and malleable and is acceptable as long as the singer has a solid sense of where the time actually is.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Pitch is also mathematically measurable and is based upon a specific pitch, A, vibrating at 440 times per second.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Speaking of math, up an octave is another pitch vibrating at 880 times per second.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>An octave is the eighth pitch, along the pattern of a scale, from the starting pitch. <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Down an octave from A 440 is the pitch A 220.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Here we have the relationship of octaves, being half or double from any given note regarding the speed of vibration.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>There is a center of pitch.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>A faster vibration than the center is called sharp and a slower one is called flat.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>A note is like a dollar or a euro, in that it has 100 cents.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>The center is the “correct” pitch.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Some musical instruments have fixed pitches, such as the pianoforte, which we simply call a piano.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>A tuner can alter the pitches, but the player of the instrument usually does not, at least while playing.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>An electronic keyboard may have a pitch bend wheel on it, affording the player options not available on a standard acoustic piano.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>When a singer must interface well with music accompaniment, the singer must use hearing, the perception of pitch, of musical intervals, and instantly execute without resorting to analysis or other thought processes.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>A singer can bend pitch, slide up to a note or down off a note but must always be fully aware of the pitches in the accompaniment or there will be intonation problems.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Music is mathematical and is mathematically measurable but that does not make it mechanical, necessarily.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>There also are the possibilities of the loudness of tones being variable, from very very very soft -<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">ppp</i> to very very very loud -<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">fff</i>.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Pianississimo to fortississimo and potentially softer or louder than those, with all variables in between.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Music is mathematical, mushy, and malleable, so to speak.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>There are many examples in many styles of the possibilities and there also appear to be infinite possibilities in the arrangements of pitch, durations, time, volume levels, instruments, and everything else.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>It is the mathematical aspects which have brought about instruments of measurement of time and pitch, musical instrument digital interface (midi), and digital recording of music.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Math isn’t bad, but it is a point of stability, to be found in the morass of music.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>For a singer, it is all something to be aware of, but most of the time a singer is quite organic, bringing life to the party of music.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">An Aquarian might be able to acquiesce at times, one would
think.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>The thing is, water has more than
one state.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>It can be liquid, solid, or
gas.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>It is not so easily penetrable or
alterable when it’s ice.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>You can chip
away at it or break it apart but it takes more effort and force than a few
words.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">His few words were something
along the line of: “It’s just a dream.<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>You know you’re going to fail, don’t you?”<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>This was said by my father after my band had
done about three solid months of rehearsal and writing arrangements.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>No days off.<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>One thing was for certain.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>The
band sounded great and the agency in Atlanta had work lined up for months.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Six nights a week.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>No weeks off.<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>Midwest through Southeast and in 13 states.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>The agency was professional, successful, and
established.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>The producer had become a
friend.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>He still is.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">We barely had enough material for a four-hour
gig and the call had come in.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Opening in
Muncy, Indiana, tomorrow.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>We covered
tunes by Tower of Power, Earth, Wind and Fire, Blood, Sweat and Tears, Chicago,
Wings, Boz Scaggs, Herbie Hancock, Stevie Wonder, Average White Band, Rufus,
and others.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>We had professional
standards and one of the tightest horn sections—ever.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Our attacks and releases were both always
sounding laser-synchronized.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sorry.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Not just a dream.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Hard work at a manic pace to achieve the
level of music we were at.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Fail?<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Sorry.<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>Every week, our money increased.<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>An eight-piece touring band.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>The
ninth equal pay increment (after agent’s fee) was the equipment payment.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>In the 70s, a ten thousand dollar P.A. system
was quite state-of-the-art.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Didn’t
fail.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>So, as with a few things, my
father and I were oil and water.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Still,
he was supportive in other ways.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>One of
the vans was financed by him.</span></div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22213282.post-6444430360521976782018-10-08T14:32:00.001+02:002018-10-08T14:32:34.837+02:00What Should A Singer Work On?<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">How is your: posture, breathing, tone quality, range, endurance, articulation, practice technique, vocal use, control, confidence, and your musicianship?</span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">POSTURE</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">1.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Is your posture stiff when you sing?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">2.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Are you relaxed when you sing?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">3.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Do you slump when you sing?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">4.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Is your head up when you sing?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">5.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Is your head down when you sing?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">6.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Is your head in a relaxed position,
facing forward when you sing?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">7.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Is your head tilted when you sing?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">8.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Are your shoulders down when you sing?</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">BREATHING</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">1.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Does your chest expand?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">2.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Is your chest stationary?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">3.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Does your abdomen move with your
breathing?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">4.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Do you force your abdomen in?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">5.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Do you force your abdomen out?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">6.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Do you fill up with air?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">7.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Do you run out of air?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">8.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Do you over-breathe?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">9.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Can you feel your diaphragm?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">10.</span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"> Do you exercise to improve your lung
capacity?</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">TONE QUALITY</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">1.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Is your tone clear?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">2.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Is your tone raspy?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">3.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Is your tone strident (harsh)?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">4.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Do you feel you sing from your
throat?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">5.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Do you feel you sing from your
abdomen?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">6.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Is your tone breathy?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">7.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Does your tone crackle?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">8.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Do you start tones with an aspirate
attack, hard glottal attack or a normal one?</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">FULL RANGE</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">1.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Does your voice have a register break
(does it “crack”)?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">2.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Can you sing in full voice in: head
voice, low middle voice, high middle voice, and chest voice?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">3.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Do you have one area of a register
break or multiple areas?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">4.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Are high notes difficult?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">5.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Do you feel tired, hoarse, raspy, or
breathy after singing?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">6.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Are all vowels easy to sing on all
pitches?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">7.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Do you think you “mix” chest voice
and head voice?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">8.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Do you have head voice, chest voice,
and a break in between?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">9.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Do you have head, middle, and chest
voice with no breaks?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">10.</span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"> Can you sing in full voice, light
production, and breathy quality in every range?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">11.</span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"> Do you have “one voice”, fully
controllable and functional throughout the range?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">12.</span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"> Can you easily sing at all dynamic
levels (soft, medium, loud, very loud)?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">13.</span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"> Do you know the one thing that will
stop your voice from breaking?</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">ENDURANCE</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">1.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Can you sing without tiring?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">2.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Can you sing for forty-five minutes
without tiring?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">3.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Do you have to take frequent rest
periods when you sing?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">4.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Do you know how to improve endurance?</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">ARTICULATION</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">1.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Can you pronounce consonants
correctly?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">2.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Can you pronounce vowels correctly?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">3.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Do you enunciate clearly?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">4.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Do you under-enunciate?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">5.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Do you over-enunciate?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">6.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Is your enunciation
appropriate/typical for the style of song you sing?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">7.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Do you have an accent, foreign to the
language in which you sing?</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">PRACTICE</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">1.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Have you been taught how to practice
in the most efficient way?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">2.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Do you do vocal exercises which help
you to sing well?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">3.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Do you do vocal exercises which seem
to do nothing for your singing?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">4.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Do you know how to warm up your
voice?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">5.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Do you know music, music theory, and
use this in your practice?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">6.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Do you sing songs from start to
finish over and over?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">7.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Do you isolate problem areas in sings
and do what is needed to improve those?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">8.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Do you record yourself and listen <u>objectively</u>
to the recording?</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">VOCAL USABILITY</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">1.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Do you lose your voice?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">2.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Do you get hoarse?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">3.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Do you ever yell or scream?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">4.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Do you stay well-hydrated?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">5.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Do you have caffeine,
anti-histamines, or alcohol?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">6.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Do you take drugs or smoke
cigarettes?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">7.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Do you sing in smoky places?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">8.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Do you frequently speak in the bottom
of your voice (or on a fry tone)?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">9.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Do you sleep 8 hours a day?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">10.</span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"> Is your body in good health?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">11.</span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"> Do you sing when you are ill?</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">CONTROL</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">1.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Can you sing on pitch?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">2.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Can you sing with and without
vibrato?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">3.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Can you sing at every volume level?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">4.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Can you sing with emotion?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">5.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Can you sing with no emotion?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">6.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Can you sing in front of people?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">7.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Can you sing with fear, but sound
like you are not afraid?</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">CONFIDENCE</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">1.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Do you practice enough to sing with
confidence?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">2.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Do you regularly perform?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">3.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Do you sufficiently prepare for
auditions?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">4.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Do you sufficiently prepare for
performances?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">5.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Do you record video and audio of
yourself to ascertain whether you do what you intend to do?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">6.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Do you work to correct what is wrong
and record your performance to verify it is corrected?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">7.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Can you be objective when watching or
listening to recordings of yourself?</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">MUSICIANSHIP</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">1.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Do you understand melodic intervals?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">2.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Can you sing successive melodic
intervals in tune?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">3.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Do you understand harmonic intervals?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">4.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Do you hear the difference between
major and minor intervals and/or chords?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">5.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Can you identify: diminished chords,
augmented chords, sus2, sus4, altered chords, 7ths, 9ths, 11ths, and 13ths?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">6.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Can you write down music that you
hear on manuscript paper?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">7.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Can you identify instruments when you
hear them?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">8.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Can you identify duple meter and
triple meter?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">9.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Can you notate rhythm?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">10.</span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"> Can you sub-divide the beat while
singing?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">11.</span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"> Can you hear chord progressions and
know what you have heard?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">12.</span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"> Can you hear how the melodic line
you sing fits within the chords?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">13.</span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"> Can you hold key when singing a
capella?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">14.</span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"> Can you sing a chromatic scale a
capella and in tune?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">15.</span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"> Can you sing all intervals in tune,
if they are called out to you?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">16.</span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"> Can you sing harmony in a group,
without being thrown off by other singers?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">17.</span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"> Do you understand music terminology
(nomenclature)?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">18.</span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"> Can you write a song?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">19.</span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"> Can you write lyrics which fit with
the chords and rhythm of a song “bed”?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">20.</span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"> Can you sing with karaoke, with a
band, and/or with an orchestra?</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="dh7k9-0-0"><span data-text="true">A famous writer, R.L. Stine said, "You have to allow these things to inspire you." What things? What was he talking about? "If you want to write and you want to get ideas, you have to use everything. You have to be alert and open to everything you read, everything you listen to..." </span></span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="dh7k9-0-0"><span data-text="true">You have your hand on the doorknob. It isn't locked, unless YOU locked it. The key to the lock is in your other hand! The key is simply a word and the word is "allow". You are both cause and effect and if you don't believe that one, stay out of the driver's seat of your car! You go through a door to get into that thing, that car, also. Many cars automatically lock the door because we are too stupid and might forget. Maybe we also forgot when we locked the door that has inspiration on the other side. </span></span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="dh7k9-0-0"><span data-text="true">Part of allowing is preparing to allow. If you have succumbed to the sick culture of politics (it is several meters below whale shit, lying on the ocean floor), wake up, grow up, get well, get healthy and try being a part of something that you do have control of. You may not know that you are poisoned and you may not know how affected you are but one symptom is that your inspiration is weak or gone. It is the lifeblood of the artist, the singer, the songwriter, the composer, the writer, the painter. </span></span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="dh7k9-0-0"><span data-text="true">Many years ago, I heard the statement "We are in this world but we are not of this world." I heard this in a church and it was a quote. We do exist here but we do not have to be a part of the things which do not align with our true selves. I don't believe that people are made up of hate, even though once the "hate button" gets flipped on, like a hair trigger and it takes a while for it to turn off. The emotions, the chemicals, the cortisol-fueled panic and fight or flight adrenalin surge and slowly dissipate. It is almost like watching a horror flick. If you see and/or do this daily, it becomes the norm and people come to believe that it is normal. If it is normal, then normal is not good enough. </span></span></div>
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I practiced 3 to 4 hours a day for about a year before I decided to sing in a production show in Las Vegas. I also recorded myself every day and sometimes I thought I sounded good, along the way. On mornings following my recording, I listened to myself and usually would hear the progress (however minor) and then take the cassette tape (I used a Tascam recorder which ran at double the speed of normal, thus had good quality) I took the cassette outside and smashed it into little bits with a hammer so that no one would hear how it was not exactly what I had been working toward. It was ok musically but I wanted to sound better and even when I felt an emotion, I didn't hear it on the recording. It was baffling but I persisted. Progress was slow but the feeling started to be audibly perceptible. <br />
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Many times I see confusion regarding chest voice, as if it is a specific timbre or tone quality. This is largely due to either no standardization of nomenclature or to misunderstanding of the terminology. </div>
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<i>Chest voice</i> got its name because vibrations from the vocal folds at lower frequencies have sound waves at a size to where they cause sympathetic vibrations in the thorax, or chest. </div>
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Technically, chest voice is not a sound, but instead is a range in the voice and is usually where mots people “live” in their speaking voices. More technically, above chest voice is low middle voice. Above that is high middle voice, then head voice then the whistle tone register, also called flageolet or superhead voice. </div>
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The direction in which the sound waves travel is something which may be interesting. In chest voice range, the sound travels mostly straight out through the mouth. As the frequency of vibration raises, so do the sound waves in direction, to where on high notes, they travel up and on the highest notes, the sound waves are traveling to the back of the head. These things are measurable and also are not something controllable to a large extent. It is possible to force the sound forward at the top end of chest voice or the low middle voice but it may not sound musical. It might sound like yelling or screaming.</div>
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There is a term called <i>full voice</i>. Full voice can be achieved when the vocal folds are vibrating in close enough proximity to where an excess of air does not escape, as it would with a breathy sound. When a singer can sing in full voice in all ranges, it sounds as if there is one “voice”, not 3 or 4. It is possible for it all to blend and not change tone quality. Additionally, this can be done at all dynamic levels from very soft to very loud. </div>
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When properly trained, a tenor should be able to sing a C5 in full voice. It will sound clear and loud, as if it were in the chest voice register. A properly trained tenor will also be able to sing any tone with a lighter tone production or even with a breathy quality, should he choose to do so.</div>
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The great divide between classical and other styles of music has been so intense at times that it has resembled modern day American politics. Classical was “right” and everything else was “wrong”. Not many singers of other styles also shared the opinion of diametrically opposed sides but some did.</div>
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My wife is a professional dancer, so looking at another art from could shed some light. In ballet training, there are things which greatly improve specific things with a dancer. A ballet-trained dancer may have a better line, will dance with shoulders down instead of raised, will have excellent balance, a sense of center, may have better turns, better extension, may have coordination and better communication between mind and body and may also be able to learn steps and routines faster, easier and better. All this comes with a caveat. If the style of ballet is carried over to hip hop, to jazz, to tap or other styles, it will make the other styles look stiff, too smooth, or even silly. With so many dance competition shows on TV, you may have seen this.</div>
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I was once told to not go to the extremes of my ability and to stay in a place where I could maintain control and to not have things fall apart on me. I like making mistakes in my practicing, where they are safe to make and only I know about them. In a performance, I won’t wander into a territory of uncertainty. I always go for the art and do it with a thing I call artist’s integrity. My standards are at a highly professional level, one which afforded me the opportunity to sing in a large showroom in Las Vegas. I knew I was good enough.</div>
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Perfection exists only as a silly word and an unachievable (and undesirable) level. If perfect singing is staying perfectly in the center of a pitch throughout its duration and if that is sustained, it will not sound human. Some people overuse pitch correctors and they get a “robot” electronic sound. You can hear it on some recordings. Professional standards are actually above perfection, if perfection is staying perfectly on pitch because there is a beauty in being human and not a machine.</div>
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High notes are not as important as singing in a smooth connected meaningful way with emotion and more. The more is hard to define but we know it when we hear it. Make it pretty or intense or strong or whatever you want in your song. You can make it interesting to listen to. Music is a hearing art. Listen to many singers and many styles as part of your preparation. A famous trumpet player, the late Clark Terry, gave this advice: emulate, assimilate, innovate. When you achieve this, you will be more than just good and more than just interesting. High notes are not really hard, if someone shows you how to do them correctly and safely.</div>
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Cross training. Some of the best
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awareness or even aesthetic awareness, or the lack of it. Some
athletes engage in related or unrelated sports: golf, baseball,
track, tennis, swimming, etc. All can enhance aspects of strength
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What are we getting at? How can cross
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musicians who play more than one instrument. Most have a favorite
instrument and it will usually be the one that is their best. Still,
there is much to be gained from learning other instruments, even if
it is more like a hobby in the approach. In college, classes for
music majors can include: percussion techniques, woodwind techniques,
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Cross training can apply to finding
inspiration. Anything and anyone can be inspirational. If not
participating in other arts, I can still be inspired by them. Maybe
I'll take more dance classes. For now, maybe I can watch dance on
YouTube or go to a live performance. Museums, galleries, and
exhibitions of paintings, drawings, and sculpture will inspire me. A
recent one I attended is gigantic. TEFAF was in Maastricht. You
enter and see some shops with gorgeous paintings and sculpture and
speak with people inside. Awesome! You are not even in the main
area yet. Thousands of square feet of exhibits by names you should
recognize, many you will not, and the art is from all over Europe.
It is too much to explain. Several restaurants and bars make it
possible to enjoy the day even more, not having to leave for a drink
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If you're not inspired by art or other
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show up at your doorstep. Sometimes you must step away and seek
inspiration. Every continent has great places to explore and
discover. I've only seen 2.5 so far and a few islands in the
Caribbean. For me, Paris, Venice, Rome, Tuscany, Munich, Aachen,
Amsterdam, Maastricht, and Barcelona were some high points for
experiencing culture, architecture, art, music, and food. Food can
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One of my students was a plumber. He had been a singer, playing the lounges in Las Vegas, until he injured his voice from singing wrong, had surgery, and could not work professionally after that. He had a great tone quality. He had a bad break in his voice and couldn’t get to the high notes like before his surgery. When he sang, I noticed that he would fill up with air and then as he sang, he flexed his abs very hard. A light went off in my head so I asked him, ”Are you a brass player, too?” He said, “Yes. Trombone.” Some brass players are told to fill up with air. It is a very unnatural way to play, especially on short musical phrases. My brass teacher had taught me a different way to breathe, which was to not fill up with air, unless it was a long phrase at high volume. I thought about how to get him to relax. I had him sit backwards on a chair, facing the back of the chair while straddling it and to lean his body into the chair, to take all his weight and to relax his abs completely. My teacher was there and she and the man’s wife came running into the studio when they heard the return of his voice in all of its brilliance and range. The three of them were crying and praying and thanking me, too. He went back to work as a singer, which was his love and his passion.</div>
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If you only have chest voice and falsetto, you are missing a usable register in between. It has also been called the <i>passaggio</i> . The term has been mis-defined as “passage area”. It is an Italian word, as are most musical terms, and it simply means passage or transition. Singing in it can feel precarious and uncontrollable, if not impossible to use unless and until you are properly trained to use it. A very few people naturally can use it. In my experience, those who naturally or very quickly use it have been Italian or descendants of Italians. Why they are gifted this way, I have no idea but I do have a few theories.</div>
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I had the pleasure of drawing the plans for the mixing room which was built at NBC Burbank, CA, where the Tonight Show was filmed (back when Johnny Carson was on it). Sound behaves similarly to light with absorption, reflection, dispersion and in other ways. Sound is a vibration and a floor slab can be affected by ambient sound. </div>
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Yes, there are <u>many</u> methods for singing. Many are outdated. Many are useless. Many have no basis in science or in practice. Many have harmed voices of singers who used them. There is only one way, or method, which works for everyone.<br />
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If you have made cookies, a cake, chicken piccata or eggs benedict, you know that you must have all the recipe's ingredients, and also that the ingredients must be combined, prepared and heated in a specified way. The better the ingredients, the better the outcome. Cookies without sugar or honey or something sweet added will not taste sweet. Bake them too hot or for too long, also, and they won't be so great. Omitting an ingredient will guarantee inferiority. Doing the right thing at the wrong time or simply doing the wrong thing will guarantee failure. Is there an actual recipe for singing and singing great? There is. People will charge you as much as $500 for an hour to start learning the so-called secrets, methods, or principles. Yet, some of those people know little or nothing about style and also may be sorely lacking in musicianship. What if you need help with those things. too?</div>
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<li>Does not ignore music, science, physics, or medical science.</li>
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<li>Gives a singer the freedom to express.</li>
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<li>It should give you the flexibility and accuracy of pitch needed for modern singing.</li>
<li>It does not deal in myths or lies, such as telling you to "sing from your diaphragm". Doctors know that this is a myth and why.</li>
<li>It does not tell you to "place your sound". That is physically impossible and science reveals why.</li>
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<span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody _1n4g"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody"><span>How long should a person warm up? Until the person is warmed up. Some days it could be 5 minutes. Some days it could be longer. People are biological but not always logical. Life is not the same as inanimate objects, possessing predictable quantifiable control or results like structural steel and operate within the confines of the laws of physics although those do also apply to peoples' actions such as: inertia, momentum, acceleration and other principles. If a person warms up for 20 minutes or more and is having any difficulty singing, it is not the warm up which is the issue. It is lack of correct training, done correctly and a failure to comply with the participation with the knowledge, which we call practice. This brings us back to a person at rest tends to remain at rest unless acted upon by an outer (or inner) force...inertia <span class="_47e3 _5mfr" title="smile emoticon"></span></span></span></span><span class="_47e3 _5mfr" title="smile emoticon"></span></span></span><b></b></div>
<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22213282.post-27168098033619638652016-08-13T07:30:00.002+02:002016-08-13T07:30:31.617+02:00MARKETINGMarketing. Marketing is the weakest skill most artists have. Most artists who have "made it big" have done so because of actions taken by a team. Marketing is <u>the</u> difference between success and failure. Most singers, musicians, actors, artists, and entertainers fail miserably at marketing themselves.<br />
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Marketing brings about awareness of your existence as an artist. If the world does not know about you and why you are unique and what your art looks like, you may as well be living in a little shack out in the middle of the forest, with no roads which lead to it. You are a hermit. You are unknown. You are hidden. You need to be discovered. If you leave it up to chance, don't count on anything changing.<br />
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What can you do, to be found, to be known? <br />
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You will be successful to the extent that you know how to market. I wish that this weren't true, because it takes work and time and attention. It also takes some education. You don't have to get a bachelors or masters degree but you do have to know what works and what doesn't work. This is the real make or break point in a career. If you hire someone to do it for you, you might be doing some outrageous things that you are unwilling to do. Think Lady Gaga, Miley Cyrus, and Madonna, years ago. What if you don't like wearing a meat suit, strange shoes, being overtly sexy (if not vulgar) or being outrageous in other ways? The truth is that everyone did not do those things but the truth is also that you absolutely have to know how to attract attention.<br />
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Ask me how.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com