for those of you who are having technique problems...I have spent the past few years having to correct some really bad habits i learned in undergrad...the best advice i have is find a really patient teacher...with extraordinary ears...my current teacher was able to really pinpoint the problems spots in my voice beyond just "tension" she has been able to tell me the specific pitches and consonants that cause my tongue to pull so i have been able to start good habits. I have also spent more time than i ever thought i would ( like an hour a day) working on the Viardot vocalises. She has been especially patient about my not focusung on as much rep...but I have corrected a ton of problems and added good technique in less time than it took me to develop the bad habits! As far as tuning your ears, the more you listen to REALLY GOOD SINGERS (available at your local record store) the better you will be able to notice bad singing. (If you don;t have good speakers...invest in good headphones) and as far as your own singing goes...invest in a REALLY GOOD microphone and record yourself...and listen! Bonne Chance! xoxo Christine
--- SMSchneider <smschneider@e...> wrote: > May I suggest that another source of the problem is > not staying with any one > teacher long enough to really get where they're > trying to take you? Six > months with a teacher is, IMHO, not a substantial > length of time, unless > they're really doing damage. It takes a long time to > really understand how > to communicate with each other, and then for the > student to learn what the > teacher is doing. Just getting the muscles > habituated to the new technique > and getting consistent in each new facet before you > can layer on the next > steps takes great amounts of time. > > Susan Schneider > >
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