Richard MillerRichard Miller

Training the amateur voice through warm-ups and exercises

Training the amateur voice through warm-ups and exercises

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"Technique and expression must be the supporting pillars of vocal art…Technique is of no value except as it makes communication possible…Unless the emotional experiences

and sentiments of a performer can be externalized, they have no value beyond

personal therapeutic ones." Richard Miller

"Technique and expression must be the supporting pillars of vocal art…Technique is of no value except as it makes communication possible…Unless the emotional experiences

and sentiments of a performer can be externalized, they have no value beyond

personal therapeutic ones." Richard Miller

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Training Voices in the Choral RehearsalTraining Voices in the Choral Rehearsal

Garcia position

Noble & Axial

Posture

Immediate renewal of breath

Release

Phonation

Onset

Inhalation

Breath Management:5 Areas

Aided by sostenuto exercises

Aided by agility exercises

Free Laryngeal Function:efficient coordination of breath with tone

Vibrant voices

Vowel exercises

Vowel differentiation

Resonance Balancing:harmonic partial relationships

Systematic Application of Exercises in 4 Main Areas

Garcia position

Noble & Axial

Posture

Immediate renewal of breath

Release

Phonation

Onset

Inhalation

Breath Management:5 Areas

Aided by sostenuto exercises

Aided by agility exercises

Free Laryngeal Function:efficient coordination of breath with tone

Vibrant voices

Vowel exercises

Vowel differentiation

Resonance Balancing:harmonic partial relationships

Systematic Application of Exercises in 4 Main Areas

PosturePosture

“Noble & Axial” Garcia position to aide in above “Quietude of the torso”

“Noble & Axial” Garcia position to aide in above “Quietude of the torso”

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Onset ExercisesOnset Exercises

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Silent Breath

Vibrant ------------tone

Release of tone

Onset

Immediate renewal

Onset Exercise ExampleOnset Exercise Example

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Cardinal VowelsCardinal Vowels Onset exercises should

incorporate all cardinal vowels Avoid glottal attacks, use

fricative consonants

Breathe the vowel

Onset exercises should incorporate all cardinal vowels

Avoid glottal attacks, use fricative consonants

Breathe the vowel

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Free Laryngeal Function: Agility & Sostenuto

Exercises

Free Laryngeal Function: Agility & Sostenuto

Exercises Abdominal wall remains stable Quiet laughing patterns (5-4-3-2-1) Simple legato passages in middle

range In combination with onset exercises,

develops appoggio technique without long explanations

Abdominal wall remains stable Quiet laughing patterns (5-4-3-2-1) Simple legato passages in middle

range In combination with onset exercises,

develops appoggio technique without long explanations

Resonance BalancingResonance Balancing Vowel definition: tracking the vowel Flexible system: lips, tongue,

mouth, jaw for each vowel Raise zygomatic arch Vowels should never loose integrity;

over-modifying them should be avoided

Vowel definition: tracking the vowel Flexible system: lips, tongue,

mouth, jaw for each vowel Raise zygomatic arch Vowels should never loose integrity;

over-modifying them should be avoided

Richard MillerRichard Miller

Vocal training is essential to emotive communicating

Vocal training is essential to emotive communicating