[Guest Teacher]

Oh my god Kat! I love Ken Bozeman!

Check out this little page I discovered also –
http://www.singwise.com/cgi-bin/main.pl?section=articles&doc=VocalTractShaping&page=3

[Guest Teacher]

Fricatives! I’ve not heard of those – I’m on it B-)

[Guest Teacher]

Ahhhhhhhhh John Henny is a genius. Try those vowel sounds on a skip scale exercise.

C D – D E – E F – F G – G A – A B – BC – C B A G F E D C
I – AH – ER – EH – AY – EE – UH – OHHHHH – OOOOOO

I hope that’s explained it OK:)

[Guest Teacher]

Also, if you get bored of your usual vowel sounds, try out the extended vowel scale:

I – AH – ER – EH – AY – EE – UH – OH – OO

The way the tongue moves on each sound is quite drastic so I’ve found helping students stabilise this movement creates a cleaner, more stable sound.

[Guest Teacher]

Do you use harsh consonant pressure when singing staccato? Check out some crazy and amazing science about Vowels and harmonics. It’s changed my life!

One Secret of Vowel Modification