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Vocalise: Simple Quarter Notes

January 25, 2010 By Ian Sidden

It is easy to get caught up within and impressed by complexity. Sometimes, though, we just need to keep things simple and reduce tasks to their most basic functions.

This vocalise is just four quarter notes with breath marks in between. All your focus should be on the ease of your breath and the accuracy and cleanliness of your onset. It helps me to place a hand in front of my mouth so that I may hear my breath and onset more clearly.

I won’t include a Scorch embed this week since you could potentially practice this on any note.

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