Practice 3/27/17

I caught myself clenching my teeth a lot this weekend, and I've got quite a bit of lingering "soreness" in the root of my tongue because of it. Spend the first couple minutes of my practice just stretching and trying to find release in the neck. I've also been noticing how my jaw tends to default to jutting forward at times, so I've been trying to be more aware of that.

Lesson 2/29/16 ~13 min.

• Jaw is down and back
• watch onsets
• don't push the sound out; just let it fall out
• watch even airflow
• "depth is breath gesture [not shape]"
• uniformity throughout the range; if you feel something shift in the pharynx, it's probably not right. Use the breath to set up the tube; the tube stays the same even as you add pitch
• Onsets. Really work on those. They've been a little uncoordinated lately. Use sob with panting. 
• watch tip of the tongue
• don't try and "fix" things. Notice the good things and reiterate them. 
• lighten as you ascend. 
• posture
• really supple mouth/cheeks

Lesson 7/18/16 ~9/10 min. 

• "a-a-a-a-achoo" on sob before starting vocalize
• allow the mouth to open if it needs to. Pay attention to what it wants. 

Did some additional arpeggio work; 

• as you ascend, don't come off the voice. Just think of your tube. 
• vowel is in the thought. 
• fast [zi ze zaa----] 12345432-12345432-12345678987654321
• wobble exercises

While singing:

• Watch that you don't spread when "biting the apple." 
• molars are up and easy--when you inhale for about to sneeze, imagine the cool air brushing past them. 
• Watch the tube
• WATCH ONSETS. Sob!