Group 1
Welcome to this Two Week Intensive on Resonance and Registration! I'm excited to be guiding you along on this journey of discovery. This topic can be a particular challenge for singers. Of all the technical concepts we work on, resonance and registration are often the least linear in terms of grasping the ideas and putting them into action. As with any technical concept, it's important to be patient with yourself and remember that learning to sing is a lifelong project. This particular two week intensive is all about exploration. It's my sincere hope that by the end of these two weeks, you will have clarified some key concepts, played with your sound, discovered some new spaces and found some new ideas that you can take with you on your vocal journey. 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 :)
Without further ado.. let's jump right in!
Day 1
Read the PDF (TWI Developing Your Resonance and Registration Concepts)
Journal Writing: Spend some time thinking about the bullet points in the PDF and answer the following questions:
- Where you’re aiming in terms of style and color?
- How will your style and color choices impact your personal artistic expression?
- What personal strengths and limits do you come to the table with?
- Where are you in your vocal journey?
Feel free to post your answers (if you want feedback or just some encouragement or accountability)
Watch: Introduction
Day 2
Watch: Listening for Registrations
Journal:
Identify, Diagnose and Benchmark Assignment
1. Choose three recordings
2. Identify where the singers are using which registers
3. Describe what you hear
4. Post a link to your recordings along with your analysis
Day 3
Watch: Personal Assessment
Journal:
Assess where your strengths are
Consider working on building the register that is the weaker one
You can do this with an [a] vocalize 1-2-3-4-5
Day 4
Watch: Introduction to Chest Registration
Feel the resonance space in your sternum
Tips!
Make sure you warm up BEFORE you do today's assignment
Personalize the exercise for your range
Keep it open and comfortable - NO FORCE, PUSH or PULL!!
Vocalize: Open Vowel, 5-1-5, Descending movement
NO VOCAL FRY!!!
Day 5
Watch: Chest Registration
Exercise: Step-wise motion,
descending pattern
[O] 5-4-3-2-1
Optional:
- Play with vowel modification (start on [i] and open as you move into chest)
- Play with shifting into chest from middle range
Tip!
Don't forget to warm up BEFORE you do today's exercise
RECORD AND POST FOR FEEDBACK
Day 6
Watch: Chest Application
Choose a phrase of a piece with a low range.
My Sample: Deep River (See PDF Examples)
Feel the chest sensation as you sing that phrase
(You can sing it on a neutral open vowel to maximize that sensation before you add the text)
RECORD AND POST FOR FEEDBACK
Day 7
Watch: Head Dominant Space
Sighs
Octave Leaps [i-o-i]
Tips!
Make sure you warm up BEFORE you do today's assignment
Personalize the exercise for your range
Keep it open and comfortable - NO FORCE, PUSH or PULL!!
Feel free to move your body and use physical gesture to keep the sound nice and free
NO WHISTLE REGISTER HERE
Day 8
Watch: Headspace Inversions
Top Down work through the inverted arpeggio
Feel free to play with with vowels to see where you can more easily navigate that top down movement
Make sure you warm up BEFORE you do today's assignment
Day 9
Watch: Headspace Application
Choose a phrase of a piece with a head dominant space
Feel the lift/loft sensation as you sing that phrase
My Sample: The Trees On the Mountain (See PDF Examples)
Tip!
You can sing it on a neutral open vowel to maximize that sensation before you add the text
Feel free to play with vowel modifications to help you navigate the space
RECORD AND POST FOR FEEDBACK
Day 10
Watch: Mix and Mask
Exercises: [næ] or [mi]
Ascending
1-3-2-4-3-5-4-2-1
Descending
5-3-4-2-3-1-2-7-1
Work through the mask area
Exaggerate the space and sensation
Tips!
Remember to warm-up BEFORE you start your work for the day
Try to sing BY the NOSE not directly THROUGH the nose
Keep your soft palate lifted while you sing
Plug your nose with your fingers while you are singing to test that
Day 11
Watch: Tuning Through the Registers
Practice the [fui] exercise in half steps covering ONLY the distance of a descending M2.
Exaggerate the vowels that help you lean into different register sensations
- lean [u] for more lift/head
-lean [i] for more mix/forward space
- use the cold spot to help you focus the sound in the middle
PREPARE FOR THE ZOOM CHECK-IN TOMORROW!!
Day 12
ZOOM CHECK-IN
tonebase is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: TWI: Resonance and Registration check-in
Time: Sep 20, 2024 11:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
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Day 13
Watch: Middle Builder
Exercise:
1. Line up your intervals one at a time (1-2-1-3-1-4-1-5-1-6-1-7-1-8-1-8-1-7-1-6-1-5-1-4-1-3-1-2-1-1-1),
2. Follow up immediately with a scale (1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8, 8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1). Check that you are landing in the places that you planned to sing in
Day 14
Watch: Final Application
Work through your final application
RECORD AND POST FOR FEEDBACK
CONGRATULATIONS! You've completed this two week intensive on Resonance and Registration :)
16 replies
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Hello everyone,
my name is Stephan Kelm, I am a German singer, currently working on my Fach-Transition towards the dramatic tenor voice. As probably many (maturing) dramatic voices I am working a lot on finding the right amount of chest/head resonance without pushing but also without false lyricism in my voice. A very challenging topic. Not all concerts allow for full dramatic singing and sometimes I find myself holding back while at other times I catch myself pushing :) I am very much looking forward to getting more input and ideas about registration, especially about being "brave" enough to try out new things without securing the voice but adding just a little more pressure. I will gladly give feedback and I am always happy to receive critical feedback, too. Looking forward to getting to know many of you fellow singers. Best greetings from the Island Spiekeroog in the Northern Sea in Germany.
Stephan
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Hi! My name is Margaret Gottlieb. I am really excited to work on resonance and registration. I just read an interesting book called “the free voice’ by Cornelius Reid, and he wrote very in depth about this topic. One thing that i still haven’t quite made the connection about in my actual practice is the relationship between vowel shapes and how they influence registration . I understand that some vowels are easier to sing in some parts of the voice but not exactly where and why . Looking forward to learning and exploring more
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Hello, I am Miriam or Miri. Originally from Czech, I live in Vancouver, Canada. I am a choral singer in the soprano section. I am trying to strengthen my technique, so my voice doesn’t tire easily. I also believe I haven’t fully extended my range and am eager to explore more. I am interested in becoming a stronger singer on my own and not relying entirely on the choir. In a way I am a novice when it comes to solo singing, even though I have sung for many years in choirs.
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Day 2!
Here is the recording I listened to as well as the sheet music with my markings on top. I did circled H for head voice and circled C for chest voice. Just for clarification I thought she did use mixed registration for most of the time, I just wrote when those dominated. For the times I wrote mixed - I felt that it was even more balanced , like closer to 50 percent .
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Hi there!
This seems to be a good piece to work on chest-mixed mask-head registrations.
Memory, from Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Cats.
https://youtu.be/aWG51rvCpPM?si=Bh4PSwWwlP0lbIq8
Tell me what I can improve.
Ciao! 🌞😎✌🏻