Vocal

WORKSHOP
March 18, 2017
Assumption Iloilo
Iloilo City
Breathing
It Starts With Proper Breathing
 Breathe deeply from your lower lungs -
imagine a rubber ring around your
diaphragm
Breathe in and try to push the ring outwards.
Breathe in through your nose and out
through your nose and mouth.
Avoid raising your shoulders as you breathe
in - keep them relaxed and level.
Relax!
Posture
 Stand Straight
Standing straight
will help you
breathe as much air
as you can because
your lungs will
have the maximum
space for air which
is very important for
breathing.
 The shoulders should be
held back down and the
chest held high but not in a
strained position. When
singing the shoulders should
not go up and down but it is
the abdomen that expands
and relaxes.
 The feet should be shoulder level. The feet should not be
close to each other because the person will be swaying back
and forth to maintain balance. The feet should be slightly
apart and one foot should be a little forward to ensure
perfect balance.
Muscle Control
 Proper
Muscle
Control Is
Vital To A
Great Singing
Voice
 The Main
Support Of
Breathing
And Hence
Singing
 Do not tense the jaw or the tongue.
Drop your jaw freely and do not try to
control it. It is important to keep these
areas relaxed. This will give you a
smooth and rich tone with tension.
Before the sounds are released into the
air, it bounces back and forth on the
walls of the mouth giving it a richer
more beautiful tone.
Pitch
 3 Ways to Sing on Pitch
Developing Your Aural Awareness
Correcting Your Pitch
Practicing Audiation
 Developing
Your
Aural Awareness
1.Match pitches on a digital tuner,
piano, or guitar.
2. Select a target note.
3. Sing major scales.
4. Sing major arpeggios.
Correcting
Your
Pitch
1. Stand in the correct singing
position.
2. Correcting a sharp pitch.
Relaxing your muscles and softening your tone.
Singing with less force.
Monitoring your jaw for tightness and relaxing it when it
begins to tense up.
Working on your breath control.
Monitoring your voice closely and remain focused.
3. Correcting a flat pitch.
Improving your breath support.
Visualizing approaching the pitch from above instead of
below.
Keeping your chin parallel to the floor.
Raising your eyebrows and or smiling.
Changing the key of the song.
Monitoring your voice closely.
Getting adequate rest before a performance or lesson.
Practicing
Audiation
1. Explore the concept of audiation.
The concept of audiation pertains to the concept of auditory
imagery, or the ability to hear, or visualize, sounds in your
head.
Select a song that is incredibly familiar to you. It could be
your nations national anthem or a song from your
childhood, like Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.
Dont hum or sing this song. Instead, think about it
visualize the familiar melody in your head.
2. Sing a familiar song out loud.
Select a familiar songit can be the same song you choose
before. Find a quiet spot where you can focus and sing
without being disturbed. Once situated, sing the song out
loud. As you sing, commit the following to your memory:
The melody.
The pitch of each note.
The intervals between each set of notes.
3. Sing every other line of the familiar song
while visualizing the rest.
When you feel confident in your knowledge of the song,
enhance your audiation skills by visualizing a small portion
of the song. Starting at the top of the tune, sing every other
line out loud. When you are not singing, visualize the line
of the song in your head
The first note of the lines you sing may be extremely
challenging to sing in tune. As your audiation skills
improve, however, you should be able to hit the note right
away.
Continue to count as you visualize the lines.
3. Sing only specific words of the familiar
song while visualizing the rest.
Once you have mastered singing and visualizing alternating
lines, you can attempt a more challenging audiation
exercise. Select a few words to sing from each line.
Sing the first word of the song.
Visualize the portions of the song that lie in between the
words you have chosen to sing.
Try your best to hit the correct pitch of the words you are
singing.