http://iansidden.com/2009/06/vocalise-of-the-week-front-vowel-leading-tone-exercise/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:34:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://iansidden.com/2009/06/vocalise-of-the-week-front-vowel-leading-tone-exercise/comment-page-1/#comment-252 Sophia Fri, 28 Aug 2009 09:04:04 +0000 http://iansidden.com/?p=886#comment-252 Exactly. Having the notes on the high or low ranges is not useful, unless one can transfer in and out of them. Exactly. Having the notes on the high or low ranges is not useful, unless one can transfer in and out of them.

]]> http://iansidden.com/2009/06/vocalise-of-the-week-front-vowel-leading-tone-exercise/comment-page-1/#comment-251 Ian Sidden Fri, 26 Jun 2009 03:31:47 +0000 http://iansidden.com/?p=886#comment-251 Thanks, Tom! Thanks, Tom!

]]> http://iansidden.com/2009/06/vocalise-of-the-week-front-vowel-leading-tone-exercise/comment-page-1/#comment-250 Ian Sidden Fri, 26 Jun 2009 03:31:37 +0000 http://iansidden.com/?p=886#comment-250 Yes, that is true. What I am finding as I explore my high range is that the top notes are almost always there, but the pathway to them is not. Therefore, we should all take a cue from Dame Joan. Yes, that is true. What I am finding as I explore my high range is that the top notes are almost always there, but the pathway to them is not. Therefore, we should all take a cue from Dame Joan.

]]> http://iansidden.com/2009/06/vocalise-of-the-week-front-vowel-leading-tone-exercise/comment-page-1/#comment-249 Tom Fri, 26 Jun 2009 03:29:38 +0000 http://iansidden.com/?p=886#comment-249 P.S. Your new website is very attractive.-T. P.S. Your new website is very attractive.-T.

]]> http://iansidden.com/2009/06/vocalise-of-the-week-front-vowel-leading-tone-exercise/comment-page-1/#comment-248 tom Fri, 26 Jun 2009 03:26:36 +0000 http://iansidden.com/?p=886#comment-248 Joan Sutherland, (Pavarotti's mentor when it came to diphragmatic breathing,)said she always "warmed up her middle voice before performances, while my colleagues were wearing out their high notes." This vocalise is very similar to what I like to do--octaves. The it woos you into head resonance and brings you to the upper extension--the notes above G. Very nice. Joan Sutherland, (Pavarotti’s mentor when it came to diphragmatic breathing,)said she always “warmed up her middle voice before performances, while my colleagues were wearing out their high notes.”
This vocalise is very similar to what I like to do–octaves. The it woos you into head resonance and brings you to the upper extension–the notes above G. Very nice.

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