Group 1
Welcome to this Two Week Intensive on Coloratura and Flexibility. In the next two weeks, we will be working to expand our agility with a specific emphasis on singing florid passages and vocal runs. We'll talk about how style impacts our approach to coloratura and we'll learn how coloratura practice can help with range expansion. As with every two week intensive, I want to encourage you to POST and REPLY!! I'm here to respond to your questions and give you actionable, educated feedback. Your colleagues can also help motivate you and we can all learn from each other! Don't be shy! Please reach out. I LOVE answering singers' questions and encouraging you with actionable feedback :)
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Without further ado.. let's jump right in!
Day 1 - October 14th
Watch: Welcome and Introduction
Assignment:
Listen to these example recordings:
Analyze what you see and hear as they are singing
Post your reaction
Find and post other examples of excellent singers, singing coloratura. Share the links and your analysis in the discussion thread.
Day 2 - October 15
Watch: Flexibility
Stretch
Warmup (you can do this with the video)
Coloratura Exercise 1:
do-mi-re-fa-sol-fa-mi-re-do
Concentrate on flexibility!
Day 3 - October 16
Watch: Pulse
Ex. PDF (Ah! Spietato) Handel Example (posted at the top of this forum)
Using the supplied example OR substituting one of your own, Practice feeling the pulse. Sing just the first pitch in the segment (the one on the downbeat).
POST your work!
Day 4 - October 17
Watch: Your Tempo
Work with a metronome to discover your personal tempo.
Coloratura Exercise 2:
do-re-do, ti-do-ti, la-ti-la, sol-la-sol, fa-sol-fa, mi-fa-mi, re-me-re, do
Day 5 - October 18
Watch: Picking Up Your Tempo
Using the exercise from yesterday (or another one that you are comfortable with), start to inch up the metronome marking to speed you up GRADUALLY while maintaining your steady pulse and consistent sound.
Assignment: Choose a piece of music that you want to work on with a coloratura passage. You can work on the whole piece or just a segment for this TWI.
Day 6 - October 19
Watch: Mapping the Pattern
Map out the pattern in your selected application piece
Example: Vittoria Example PDF (posted at the top of this forum)
Using the concepts we've discussed so far, practice your application piece/segment!!
Day 7 - October 20
Watch: Training the Patterns
Coloratura Exercises 3, 4, 5 :
2-note patterns; do-mi-re-fa-mi-sol-fa-re-do
3-note patterns; do-re-mi, re-mi-fa, mi-fa-sol, fa-sol-la, sol-la-ti, la-ti-do, ti-do-re-do
mi-re-do, re-do-ti, do-ti-la, ti-la-sol, la-sol-fa, sol-fa-mi, fa-mi-re, mi-re-do
4-note patterns; do-re-mi-fa, mi-fa-sol-la, sol-la-ti-do, ti-do-re-do
mi-re-do-ti, do-ti-la-sol, la-sol-fa mi, fa-mi-re-do
Improvise on your own patterns and experiment!
Example: Je Veux Vivre Example PDF (posted at the top of this forum)
Using the concepts we've discussed so far, practice your application piece/segment!!
Day 8 - October 21
Watch: Vowel Considerations and Range Expansion
Coloratura Exercise 6: Scale + 1
do-re-mi-fa-sol-la-ti-do-re-do-ti-la-sol-fa-mi-re-do
Experiment with your vowels, speed and range. Notice if you have an easier time expanding out your range at the faster tempo
Using the concepts we've discussed so far, practice your application piece/segment!!
Day 9 - October 22
Watch: Stylistic Differentiation in Coloratura Singing
Example: (The Blessed Virgin's Expostulation) Purcell Example PDF (posted at the top of this forum)
Example: Ah! non credea Example PDF (posted at the top of this forum)
Practice: "ha-ha-ha" flutters and trill
Pick and exercise or example and play with different articulation styles
RECORD and POST your favorite!!
Using the concepts we've discussed so far, practice your application piece/segment!!
Day 10 - October 23
Using the concepts we've discussed so far, practice your application piece/segment!!
Day 11 - October 24
Watch: Character and Coloratura
Consider the character of your application piece as you are practicing today
Prepare questions for the ZOOM meting tomorrow!
Day 12 - October 25
Meet with the instructor and your colleagues in the ZOOM meeting!
11:00am PST
Meeting Link and Info:
tonebase is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: TWI: Coloratura and Flexibility Check-In
Time: Oct 25, 2024 11:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
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Day 13 - October 26
Watch: Methods and Resources
Day 14 - October 27
The final assignment day is here! You've come this far, now it's time to show your work.
Record and post a video of your application piece or segment! Be sure to check back in to watch and comment on your colleagues videos :)
Thank you for participating and being a part of the tonebase voice community! I'm so glad you're here :)
26 replies
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Hello there!
Day 1: Cecilia Bartoli, Vivaldi, Agitata tra due venti https://youtu.be/6czLBVqo_zw?si=w2ej3pKknTfaLSoL
Ciao! 🌞😎✌🏻
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Joan Sutherland example :
She accentuates some important notes by singing them louder, notably high notes, the rest is softer.
She is standing very straight, torso very open, straight and long neck.
She opens more the mouth for acute notes, and she then smiles and strives lower lip.
She has a furrowed brow.
She passes from chest to head register.
She takes time, at the and of the aria to breath between the passagi.
In the fastest passages, we don't always hear a clear beginning for each tone.
Some passages are staccati.
They are ralentandi.
The phrasing is musical.
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Jarrouski example :
The voice is more equal regarding voice tone..
The neck is flexible, he sometimes tends to raise his chin, but the body is straight.
He also has a furrowed forehead.
He also gives more importance to some notes, but he does or with more sound (forte) or with less sound (piani). In the accurates he sometimes sings pianissimi spun sounds (but we can then hear a little breath on the voice).
The tempo is more stable, but there is a great freedom inside this tempo.
He is living tempo bodily.
Each note has a very clear beginning. But in the little extract at the end of the video, when he sings faster, this isn't always the case anymore.
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Bartoli example :
She passes very quickly from chest to head register and her chest stays round and very resonant.
Even in the very fast passages, we can clearly hear the beginning of each tone.
She moves her head forward for the acutes, and back for the low notes.
The fastest passages are softer than the rest of the aria.
She sings accelerando after the middle part of the aria.
She sometimes makes echo effects.
Light movement of the lips during the coloratures.
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Mezzo-Soprano Vivica Genaux Shares Her Secrets to Singing Coloratura (youtube.com)
I see much movement of the lips during coloratures
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Vivaldi : Armatae face - Juditha triumphans (Lea Desandre / Ensemble Jupiter) (youtube.com)
Nobles seigneurs, salut! (Lea Desandre) (youtube.com)
Her face remains very natural and quiet during the coloratures.
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Hi, I'm writing from Belgium and I speak french. So, I hope my english is understable.
Nice to spend the week with you !
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Sorry I will not be able to post a video before Tuesday. See you then. Thank you Heidi for your nice videos !
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An example of the Vittoria colorature
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https://youtube.com/shorts/i7zItn5CRBs?si=1Jz1hFW3BVTJkIuR
An extract from Canzonetta Spagnuola, Rossini
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Here the score
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My version of this song today
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https://imslp.org/wiki/20_Vocalises_journali%C3%A8res_(Lutgen%2C_Balthazar)
Here is a link to the Lütgen method that we talked about on the ZOOM call
High Voice Practice Tracks:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUCZyL49kaCCawfDeUBl4kjerqe4Knbg9&feature=shared
Medium Voice Practice Tracks:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUCZyL49kaCCl0kbd19u4zujDOqh1sISa&feature=shared
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Thank you Heidi for this meeting and for your advices, I will get the score of the lutgen and try to work on my tongue.
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Again thank you for your nice videos. It was the first time for me I participed actively on tonebase at the 2 weeks intensive and I did my best to participate even if I was not at home all the time.
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Hello there! Today I found this: it's interesting to see the different technique in the same Vivaldi piece between Cecilia Bartoli and Vivica Genaux!
https://youtu.be/9Ur8IaFB3Ko?si=kfAo06zr8v171dzg
Ciao! 🌞😎✌🏻