Lesson Take-Aways and Summary 9/30/16 and Practice 10/3/16

Take-aways:

• "like this"
• Be more giving with everything (performance and technique)

Summary: 

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• Thumb under top teeth, to remind you of energy at top of mouth. 
• Juxtapose one in the lower voice with a higher one; maintaining that same sense of space from below as you have when you go up. 
• Think of sense of energy/non-specific or localized activation in top row of teeth to molars. 
• breath flow is consistent and equal (no punting) 
• *Don't be afraid of not-pushing with the air. Don't be too eager with the air to make sound. 
• Think of "angry Korean" for energy in the top of the mouth.
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• [u] has a lot of "depth" that you maintain into the other vowels. 
• [y] has a very strong sense of [i] before "exploding" out to the [i]
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• *allow the jaw to open like a yawn space. You're allowed to be that open. 
• expect it, and direct it. Don't make it. 
• *Keep head up, but everything else should go up, not just the chin. (i.e. sternum)
• *Remember, it's the upper molars going up, not the jaw going down. 
• breathe in on a [ng] 
• *use thumbs under molar cue so you don't jam jaw down. 
• *plug an ear to get a better sense of breath flow. 
• Breathe in through your back
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• *When this is going well, it feels like my molars are vibrating "warmly" into my skull. It's so weird. and it's really loud with hardly any effort. It was almost irritating how much volume (not edgy or effortful at all) I got out of it. And ascending and descending felt like it was just a thought. Neat-o. 

I spent about ~35 minutes warming up. The thumbs under top molars thing really works and helps me to find that back and up space. It also makes me hyper aware of closing down, where the breath is going, and how much breath is flowing.