Emily Cottam
10/30/13 Lesson
While working on the typical vocal exercises, we worked mostly on trying to maintain the position of the inhale--I have a habit of collapsing my ribcage and not supporting with enough air through the phrase. I should feel like I have butterflies in my stomach, or my torso is as open as a hollowed out log. We also tried to focus on maintaining molar space in the back, while not forcing my mouth open and overworking the tongue. She warned me that I should avoid taking in too much air for a phrase--let my body instinctively take in the amount of air I need for the phrase. Excess air is let out as an audible “puff.” We worked again on “Pieta Signore” because it’s the song I struggle most with. I need to stay in character from the very beginning of the piece; I should use a different expression or put different emphasis on every word, keeping in mind the syllabic emphasis from the Italian diction itself. I need to exaggerate and almost go over the top with my emoting, my double consonants, and the speed variation (my ritardandos in particularly expressive parts of the piece). This requires lots of airflow to help maintain the legato (like we talked about in The Naked Voice!) line in the diction because it gets a little choppy sometimes. Brianna had me use an exercise band to help ground myself and remind myself to keep the air flowing, and this really helped, so I’m going to be sure to invest in on as soon as I can.
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