MU202 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-20: Chest Voice, Glissando, Head Voice
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Teaching students through singing: general choral singing principles. Learning expectation: students sing in a connected voice (with balanced registers), expressively and with confidence. Things we cannot control: diaphragm, open throat, resonance, raise/lower the palettes. We strive for a balance in opposing muscle systems most of us are either head dominant, or chest dominant. We use vowels through releasing the breath and range to strengthen our non-dominant register. Connected falsetto requires head dominance, but chest to help sustain. (pure falsetto has no sustain quality. ) Vowels in combinations (e. g. , ah-yoo ascending a 5th with oo as the descending vowel creates a connection between chest/head. ) Most adolescent changed voice boys are locked in a small range of chest voice notes. Sing, releasing your natural breath through a carefully shaped vowel. Sing with naturally good posture rib cage slightly raised, feet slightly apart, back straight, face bright and raised , relaxed yet poised.
