Brianna and I began the lesson by talking about how I couldn't get ahold of Ali for a few weeks because of the recital she had put together with her friends from Italy. We discussed this for a while, and Brianna expressed her frustrations. I told her that I was frustrated too, but I didn't know what else to do.
Brianna then talked to me for a good 15 minutes about coming to her Doterra class to learn more, and maybe start selling oils if I was interested. This really frustrated me because I felt like she could have done this after my voice lesson, instead of taking the time out of my voice lesson to do this.
We finally started vocalization on 87654321 lip buzzes. We did quite a few repetitions, and during them Brianna mentioned the teacher teacher energy, and it sounded like I was much more energized after that instruction. She also mentioned "Fall through". I think that helped me to let go.
We moved on to "a b c d, 'th'ee" 54321. She said to me to have an attitude that I love these exercises. I think she did this to get me in a better speaking place. She mentioned that my lower back muscles need to let go. She said that thinking of having a 50 lbs weight on each hip, to have a feeling of being drawn somewhere instead of making it happen. I think this helped me to find more depth, and release in my breath. My speaking voice sounded much more healthy, and the rest of the vocalize seemed to realign my singing voice.
Brianna stopped me and told me that I was doing a great job at keeping my voice in a simple a easy place. She said that for the past few lessons, she hasn't heard any of the breathy quality in my exercises. That made me feel good, and I can definitely see that in my practice.
Brianna then had me move on to 8531 'th'ee. I told her that I was going to walk backwards during this exercise, because I wanted to try to align my thoracic spine, but also see if I could distract myself from being too involved in my singing. Brianna said that it was working for me because she took me up to a B5 and I had no problem with it.
She decided to give me a new exercises [bi, be, ba, bo, bu] 876543213587654321358 repeating the vocalize on each new vowel. I recognized that Brianna was teaching me a new vocalize to put me more in the sweet spot beyond my current ability. It was challenging, but I think it was because I didn't have the breath energy in the dump moments, but also I needed to open my jaw every time I reiterated a new vowel. I can see how this would be a great vocalize to work on in my practice, because it is in my sweet spot.
Brianna and I then worked on the Bach cantata. She asked me to imagine the highest note in each phrase and have that space ready before each phrase. When I began, I could hear some breathiness in my sound, I think this could of been because I was tired, and I wasn't very buoyant in my breath energy. Brianna asked me to reiterate the buoyant energy in my rib cage. After she gave that instruction, the breathiness went away for the most part. I felt a more buoyant energy in my breath and also my singing. She also told me to think of silent energetic breaths, and I think that helped me to feel the teacher teacher energy in my lower back. We took a moment after singing for a bit, to mark in appropriate breaths, and dump moment thoughts. Brianna just gave me one more thought to keep joy in the breath and in my singing.
My goal after this lesson, was to practice the cantata with the new breaths I had marked in, and to practice feeling those dump moments to sustain that buoyant energy throughout all the phrases. I thought this might also help me to keep my larynx low.
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