Practice 4/8/16

Woke up with acid reflux this morning. A little phlegmy.

• lip buzzes
• "ning" 5432123454321 + crazy face + exaggerated high cheeks
• [i] damn it!!
• each reiteration of "ning" is in the same place. "Like that." Find the good. 
• panting exercises to loosen things up.
• Thing the vowel in the consonant. 
• [li le la lo la] 53423171. THINK the vowel and the pitch. Precise consonant onset with breath.
• 53423127132435421. Allow the back to open up as you reascend. 
• The consonant is the bottom. The vowel opens like the lid on top. 
• "beep" 123454321, singing only on 1 5 1. 
• "zi ze za" 123454321234542312345678987654321. 

I feel pretty okay, but I still have moments when my tongue wants to engage, and my throat feels like it's constricting the sound. So I did that "open glottis/huge tube for a throat" and opened things up a bit while maintaining the higher "ning" and open like / and not =.