Practice and Lesson 9/11/16 Summary, 9/12/16

• Lesson 2/27/16: warm up
• Start really light, then go into speech. 
• Cool air on the back roof of the mouth. 
• Big opening with small sound. 
• Lesson 9/12/16: Threading the voice
• "wah": 8531358531, thumb under top tooth
• cold air on top roof of the mouth
• close to yawn
• "yawning" 8531.
• air flow is cool; the pitch lands on top of the air flow. 
• "many" 132435465768798-and down
• incremental yawn/stretch
• [a-o] 1-8-787878-5-3-1. 
• don't punch! Even airflow. 
• [ae] 13-35-58-85-53-31
• think more of space, not of sound. 
• 1353-135853-13583 [a e o e a]
• Novocaine Jaw!! or else you'll have laryngeal scrape. 
• Consonants are very close to nasal, but not. 
• consistent air flow; no punching .
• think vowels as closer to [o] or [e]
• smaller mouth opening, but larger space in back. Look for resonant space all above the mouth. 

I wasn't as released as I was in my actual lesson, but I think that's because I haven't eaten in 18 hours. When I have food in my stomach, it's easier to anchor down the air flowand not wear out the voice with additional air pressure.