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Geocreationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10129903863601273036noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910093480740134909.post-82424887971797706542018-01-05T08:34:00.000-08:002018-01-05T08:34:11.010-08:00New from GEOCREATIONS' NaijaSheetMusic: KA ANYI BULIE Sheet Music Score as Recorded by Frank Edwards featuring Don Moen and InnerCity Mission Kids Choir. <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Ka Anyi Bulie!<br />
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Geocreationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10129903863601273036noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910093480740134909.post-3898875460525049932013-05-07T04:01:00.000-07:002013-05-07T04:01:44.710-07:00Lara George's IJOBA ORUN (Sheet Music Score) Available from NAIJA SHEET MUSIC!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Hi guys,<br />
Yeah, yeah, yeah.... it's been a while but I ain't far away. Just kinda busy in order to serve you better.<br />
Here's another sheet music score for this special month of May of the Gospel Hit track titled 'Ijoba Orun' by one of Nigeria's finest: LARA GEORGE. Though you're only offered for your view pages 1, 2 & 12, but you can take it from me as my Birthday Give-away.<br />
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Geocreationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10129903863601273036noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910093480740134909.post-2985602513860008862012-03-14T00:00:00.001-07:002012-03-14T00:00:39.407-07:00GENERAL BREATHING TECHNIQUES<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Step One: Good posture</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Good posture
allows the breathing mechanism to fulfil its basic function efficiently without
any undue expenditure of energy. <span lang="EN-US">Part of being able to sing well includes the ability to
be aware of your body, identify and correct problems that arise due to
incorrect posture. Please note that this does not mean that you will not be a
singer if your posture is less than perfect or that if you suffer with a
disability that you cannot sing. Posture is not a substitute for vocal talent,
just a means of improving your control and providing your voice with optimum
conditions for reaching its potential. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">To begin,
you'll need to create an unobstructed pathway for the inhaled air to travel to
the lungs. The head is erect without stiffness; the spine straight, not
slumped; the chest moderately elevated and the feet firmly and squarely placed
so that the entire body is buoyantly supported. <span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I have also
noticed that when singers assume good posture it often provides them with a
greater sense of self assurance and poise while performing. Audiences also
respond better to singers with good posture. Habitual good posture ultimately
improves the overall health of the body by enabling better blood circulation
and preventing fatigue and stress on the body.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">First, stand up straight, with your
feet shoulder width apart. Roll your head around to ease any tension in your
neck, and then hold your head level, with your chin parallel to the ground, not
tipped up or down. Let your shoulder blades slide toward the centre of your
back so that they're back and down. If you do this, your chest will be open
instead of collapsed, which is just what we want.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Slumping, or even rounding your
shoulders forward slightly, partly collapses the upper rib cage and keeps the
muscles between the ribs from being able to expand to accommodate the lungs as
they fill with air. What we're looking for is the physical ease that comes from
good alignment.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Now bend your knees slightly — just
relax and unlock them — and tuck your pelvis under. This slight adjustment
helps ensure that the diaphragm can function at maximum capacity. You could
think of these movements as taking the kinks out of a garden hose so water can
flow out easily. You're creating an open pathway for the movement of air.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Sure, it's possible to keep talking
or singing if you slump, but it takes a lot more effort than you're probably
aware of. If you'd like a vivid demonstration of what happens to the voice when
the rib cage is obstructing air, try this:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Sit with your chest in proper
alignment, with back straight and shoulders down. Begin to count aloud or
softly slowly to ten, and as you count, round your shoulders and move them toward
your knees, as if you were doing a sit-up. Move slowly. You'll notice that as
you get farther and farther down, your voice will begin to close, finally
reduced to a squelched wisp of sound. Try to take a deep breath in this
position and you'll feel the air physically blocked. Slight slumping and
slouching won't constrict your voice this much — but they definitely put a
pinch on the pipes.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Paying attention to alignment will
help you eliminate much of the muscle tension that impedes good singing and
speaking. I'm impressed by the ideas developed by movement specialists like
those practicing the Alexander Technique, and I think they have definite
applications for the work we're doing here. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Paying attention to the alignment of
the head and the spine can help correct the body's overall coordination and
bring us back into balance. Once we find balance, it will be essentially
effortless, and so is the flow of air into and out of our bodies. Discovering a
way of standing that opens and lines you up may seem incidental to singing, but
it frees space and energy for producing beautiful sounds.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">In summary, here are the dos and don’ts
of Posture:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Do’s:<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Be
relaxed and natural </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Keep
your movements fluid </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Keep
your chin level </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Keep
your knees loose </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Keep
your head up</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Keep
your shoulders sloping and relaxed </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Keep
your toes pointed forward with your weight on heels and soles</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Keep
the front of your neck loose - don't stretch it</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Keep
abdominal muscles relaxed </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">K<b>e</b>ep your back muscles relaxed</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Smile!</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Don’ts:<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Drop or hunch your shoulders<o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Move stiffly or jerkily<o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Drop or tuck in your chin when
trying to sing low notes <o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Stretch your head upward when
trying to sing high notes <o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">Strain
or push your abdominal muscles <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="X-NONE" style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Exercises
for Improving Posture<o:p></o:p></span></span></h2>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The exercises below are used by schools and
deportment teachers to help models, actors and singers achieve correct posture.
These age old practices have been used for years and are designed to help you
become more aware of how your body works, therefore enabling you to move fluidly
and correct mistakes as you feel them happening. Take them at your own pace.
Master one exercise before moving on to the next. Don't rush or try to do too
much in one day. </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
Please Note: Whilst the following exercises are easy and safe to do people with
disabilities, back pain or any physical disorders should consult a physician
before attempting any form of exercise. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">For these exercises you will
need:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">A
long mirror (preferably full length) </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">A
largish book of medium weight</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Wear
comfy loose clothing </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Wear
flat shoes, trainers or bare feet. </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">A
flat long surface i.e., hallway or enough room to walk several paces. </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">A
friend who can observe and make constructive comments notes.</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Patience
& a good sense of humour! </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">All movements should be
fluid and breathing natural. Place the mirror in a position at the end of the
hallway or room where you can see the whole of (or at the least the top half)
of your body. Stand facing the mirror. Study how you stand and compare with the
Do's and Don’ts above and make adjustments to your posture if necessary.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">When
walking, your weight should be mainly on the balls of your feet, so your heels
just lightly touch the floor, with the majority of movement from the hips and
legs. The upper body should remain straight, relaxed and not 'swing' from side
to side. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><br />
Even if it seems that you are standing and moving with the correct posture it
is difficult without an impartial, experienced observer who will notice bad
habits that may appear normal to you. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><br />
The following exercises will not work if your posture is incorrect!! 5 to 10
minutes practice a day will help you to achieve better posture, the ideal is to
reach a point whereby your posture and movements become automatic and </span><span lang="EN-US">unconscious</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">.
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<br />
<span class="red-text"><b>Exercise 1</b></span><b> </b><br />
Place the book centrally on the top of your head. <br />
Turn your head slowly to the left, return to center then repeat the exercises
turning your head to the right. The head movements should be smooth with eyes
ahead, chin level, head, neck and shoulders relaxed. If the exercise is done
correctly the book will remain in place. Tense up, drop the jaw or move jerkily
& the book will fall! Repeat this exercise until you can do it several
times without the book falling off. <br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="red-text"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Exercise 2</span></b></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"> <br />
</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Stand at the end of the walk space and place the
book centrally on the top of your head. <br />
Walk normally towards the mirror, observing your posture as you walk. If your
posture is correct and your movements are smooth then the book will remain in
place - if not it will fall! Repeat this exercise until you can walk the length
of the space without the book falling. <br />
<br />
<span class="red-text"><b>Exercise 3</b></span>
<br />
Stand at the end of the walk space and place the book centrally on the top of
your head. <br />
Walk normally towards the end of the </span><span lang="EN-US">walk-space</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">, turn and walk back towards the starting
point. If your posture is correct and your movements are smooth then the book
will remain in place - if not it will fall! Repeat this exercise until you can
do the exercise without the book falling.</span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span></o:p></span></b><b style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Step Two: Breathing</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">With the chest already elevated,
there is comparatively little or no movement in the upper chest and shoulders.
Expansive rib action surrounds the entire chest, especially toward the lower
and middle back rib, while the diaphragm and abdominal walls remain flexible
and vital. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Inhale<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Now I'd like you to put your hand on
your stomach, with your middle finger on your belly button. All the action that
follows should take place in the space between the base of your ribs and just
below your belly button. Keeping your shoulders in that beautiful, open
position, back and down, imagine that your stomach is a balloon, and as you inhale,
let it fill with air. Concentrate on filling this "balloon" only. And
when it's full, blow the air gently out through your mouth.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Try this for a few minutes,
remembering that you just want to blow up the balloon without lifting your
shoulders or puffing up your chest. Raising your chest and shoulders as you inhale
is called <b>accessory breathing,</b> and
it's the surest way to get the least amount of air into the body with the least
amount of control. Directing all the air to the upper part of the body results
in very shallow breathing. Both of these styles of breathing, of course, can be
so habitual that they feel completely natural.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; tab-stops: 0cm; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">If you're in the habit of
dramatically involving your chest and shoulders in your breathing, you're only
partially filling your lungs, and if you pull in your stomach as you do that,
your diaphragm has no chance to drop. The quieter, much more subtle way of breathing
we're using here may make you feel like nothing's happening, but rest assured —
subtle is fine.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Diaphragmatic breathing is supposed
to be completely relaxing to the body. But on occasion, in the early stages of
learning, people can create all kinds of pressure and muscle tension. A few
students, for example, say they feel a bit of tension in their stomach or lower
back as they inhale. Some have even mentioned that the pain made diaphragmatic
breathing an unpleasant experience. This kind of discomfort is not too common,
but when it occurs, it's usually because the student is using the muscles of
the stomach improperly.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">As you expand the
"balloon," you're not helping if you apply huge amounts of physical and
mental force to push your stomach muscles out and distend your belly. All that pushing
can cause you to tighten up, and with enough pushing, you'll feel like a bomb ready
to explode. It may be that you're trying to fill your lungs too much, thinking
that you have to fill every available space with air. It's a bit like trying to
top off the tank at the gas station. It doesn't make sense, as the lungs will
naturally let you know when they're filled to capacity. Going for unnatural
expansion can put huge amounts of pressure on your back and even show up as
pain there or in other parts of the body. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Don't feel alarmed if you see only a
small movement of your stomach when you quit pushing breath in and just let it
flow. Many people experience only a small expansion in the front of their bodies
as they inhale this way but they feel their lower back area expand far more,
because the diaphragm extends from the front of the body to the back, and its
full motion affects the whole core of the body. You can detect the movement at
the back of your body by putting your hands just above your waist on your back
as you inhale.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">In a very short time, your inhales
should be free of chest and shoulder action, and you ought to be able to inhale
without stomach tension. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Focus on the
Exhale<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">This is supposed to be the easy part,
the release. As we exhale, the body is designed to allow the stomach to fall
easily back to its normal position. It doesn't take muscle to exhale, just
relaxation. When we exhale, many of us use force. We tighten and make it a
hundred times harder than it's supposed to be, thinking, mistakenly, that to get
the volume we want, and to hit the high notes, the best thing to do is to fire
our voices out-a-cannon. We all know how forcefully we can make air leave our
bodies because we've all coughed or sneezed.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">When our body tries to clear its air
passages of obstructions, we automatically tighten the group of muscles located
at the top part of the stomach area in the centre of the chest where the ribs
come together. Tension on this spot can create pressure strong enough to expel
a foreign object from the body with more than ten times the force of a normal
exhalation. That pressure build up is actually the same thing you feel when you
strain to force a bowel movement. It wreaks havoc on the body. Tension on these
muscles blocks your access to the full use of your voice. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Feel it yourself by placing your
index and middle finger on the belly button of your stomach. You will
definitely feel the muscles under your fingers tighten and lock up when you shoot
out that syllable. What you're doing, as you tighten, is cutting off the flow
of air from your lungs. Why do we do it? Many, many untrained singers tighten
up the higher they try to go in the range because they equate high pitches with
difficulty. As the singer moves up the scale, the brain and body go into what I
call weight lifter mode.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Making the
Exhale Easy<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">A little awareness will go a long way
to achieve a less-rigid exhalation. As you exhale, keep your hand resting on
your stomach, and be conscious of when your muscles tighten. You can massage
your muscles softly as you exhale to remind them to relax. And if need be, as
you're learning, you can also help your stomach in by pushing gently with your
hand, which creates less pressure than using your abdominal muscles. Remember,
the goal is not to pull anything in. Just let your stomach fall to its neutral
position. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">There's no need to try to push every
last bit of air out. There is always air in your lungs (unless one of them is
punctured); when all the breathing muscles are relaxed between breaths, the
lungs still contain about 40% of the volume of air they did when they were
completely full. If you forcefully exhale as much as possible, you'll still
have 20% of the air left. Take a breath and then blow out all the air in your
lungs until you feel they're empty. When the stream of air stops, blow again.
You'll notice that you still have more air. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Deep Doesn't
Mean Slow<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">My students used to think that
diaphragmatic breathing takes longer than "regular” breathing, actually,
it doesn't. Sometimes they think that in order to get air deep into their
lungs, they need to take long, drawn-out breaths. After all, they figure the
air has farther to go but that idea is not true. Once you stop raising your
chest and shoulders, air will rush into the lungs in record time. Remember that
when the diaphragm is free to move, its movement changes the air pressure in
the lungs, and that shift sucks air into your body.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">If you try to take in air very
slowly, you're actually restricting the</span> <span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">flow in and most likely inhaling through your mouth. You'll notice that
your lips are partially closed and pursed, or your teeth are close together of
which you might even hear air get caught teeth meet, creating the hiss of air
being sucked through a tight opening. This is not diaphragmatic breathing. When
you're doing it correctly, the air flows silently in through the nose and races
into your lungs.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Step Three: Relaxation</span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Relaxation is defined as freedom for
action, a state of balance, equilibrium, or readiness to perform. It is neither
limpness nor inertia. It must be understood that the skills necessary for good
singing call for the most delicate balance and interplay of muscular
adjustments in and around the larynx, neck, tongue, and mouth; adjustments
which often change with great rapidity in the act of singing. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Breathing Exercises</span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Use all your
lung-space when you exercise. Keep your shoulders relaxed and let your arms
hang loosely. Look at the mirror, and make sure that your posture is good:
erect, but not militarily stiff. When you breathe in, make sure that you fill
the lower part of your chest, where the ribs fill the lower part of your chest,
where the ribs have most movement. This area is the real powerhouse of your
vocal technique. Allow your stomach muscles to relax as you breathe in, and gently
squeeze the air out with these same muscles. Babies provide a good example of
where vocal power comes from. Watch a baby yelling and you will see how wide
its little throat is, and how much effort comes from its middle! Once you learn
to breathe as calmly and steadily as a child does, you are on your way to
fabulous vocal reaches.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Your breath
is a fuel - it keeps the vocal engine running. When you sing, you do not always
need a huge breathe; the amount you take in will depend on the length of the
phrase you are going to sing. But it is nice to have the capacity then when you
will need it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">When you are
doing breathing exercises, breathe in through the nose and sometimes, just
clear the nose and the head resonators (sinuses), but when you are about to sing,
breathe through the mouth. Think of a yawn or ‘Aah’ shape and you will be able
to breathe in deeply and silently. Breathe in and out rhythmically. Do not hold
your breath at all – Sing! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Make the
following deep-breathing exercises part of your daily routine:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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your feet a little apart and bend forward as far as you can comfortably can
lose, head relaxed. In this position, breathe in slowly through your nose,
allowing your body to rise a little with the intake of breathe to fill up your
lungs as completely as you can; and then breathe out slowly through the mouth.
Do this again. Stay relaxed: keep the tension out of your neck by rolling your
head around, and slumping or even rounding your shoulders forward slightly so
as to partly collapse the upper rib cage and keep the muscles between the ribs
from being able to expand to accommodate the lungs as they fill with air. Next,
as you breathe in, straighten up slowly to a standing position, and stretch
your arms above your head. Stretch really tall and then release the breath
quickly and relax back into your starting position. Repeat this exercise two or
three times. If you can, study your breathing exercise in front of a mirror. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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straight and comfortably, head and shoulders relaxed. Breathe slowly in through
the nose as you raise your arms sideways just to shoulder level, then stretch
forwards, still breathing in. let your arms drop as you let the breathe go.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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comfortably. Take a fair-sized breath that pushes out the lower ribs a little –
pant! Start slowly, like an old engine starting up, and then get faster and
faster. Remember to keep your shoulders relaxed and loose; they never need to
rise. If this exercise is new to you, you may find it quite tiring at first;
that is a sign that you need to do it regularly. Get used to the controlled
strength of the diaphragm muscle punching out the breath; that is where the
power and vitality of your voice ultimately reside.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Start every
practice session with your breathing exercises, without fail. Vary them, and
introduce others to counteract boredom, but do them! The details of what you
saw and felt are important. Focus on
what you're doing!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">If you do not
have time for special routine, then do your breathing where and when you can.
Walking – breathe in four paces, out for four; waiting for the bus, or queuing
in the bank – wherever you go, you have to breathe, so, unless the air is
really polluted, breathe deeply. It would be good for you, even if you were not
a singer. Stand comfortably in front of a mirror and take a deep breath,
inhaling through your nose. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Note that you
allow breathing to happen, and not to force it!</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The sensation that we call sound is the result of vibrations impinging on our eardrums, caused by airwaves that progress rapidly outward from the initial vibrating medium. A simple illustration is to pluck a guitar string (metallic or nylon). You may see the string shaker or vibrate rapidly back and forth, thus disturbing the surrounding air. The air vibrations, spreading out in all directions, impinge on your eardrums, one after the other, and thus excite the organs of hearing. By striking or plucking the strings, you have acted as a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">stimulator</b> by putting the surrounding body or vibrator into motion in which it turn has caused the air to vibrate at the same rate. The ear, however does not detect all sounds caused by vibrating bodies, for many of them are too weak and indistinct. It is therefore necessary, in addition to the factors previously mentioned that, the vibrating waves have sufficient power to reach the ear. Strength of sound is due to force with which it is generated and to reinforcement that is furnished by certain surrounding bodies called <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">resonators</b>. The striking or plucking fingers of the guitar string are the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">motor </b>or<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> stimulator </b>and the strings is the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">vibrator</b>. The resulting sound, however, would be weak and lacking its characteristic quality if it were not for the guitar box with its volume of air, which acting as a sympathetic resonator reinforces the sound generated by the strings. In its physical aspect, singing has a well-defined technique that depends on the use of lungs, which act as an air supply, or bellows; on the larynx (or the voice box, located in the throat which has two elastic membranes stretched across it, which are commonly known as <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">vocal folds</b> or <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">vocal cords</b>), which acts as a reed or vibrator, on the chest and head cavities, which have the function of the amplifier or resonator, as the tube in a wind instrument; and the tongue, which together with the palate, teeth, and lips articulate and impose consonants and vowels on<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the amplified sound. Sounds or tones vary in loudness and pitch, and quality, according to the force, with which the motor or stimulator used the length of the vibrating column of air and the way it is managed, and the size and shape of the resonators.</span></span></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 3pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">And a resonator - a means of amplifying the sound. </span></span></li>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif";">For example, when playing a violin the movement of the bow generates the sound, the strings vibrate and produce the sound, and the hollow wooden body of the violin amplifies the sound. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif";">Where the voice is concerned, the voice book credits the breath with generating the sound. Air flows through the vocal folds, causing them to vibrate and produce sound, after which the pharyngeal, oral and nasal cavities contribute resonance.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif";">But thoughts and feelings are what make the voice go. They do this in part by making the breath go. But your thoughts and feelings are the real generator as far as the vocal instrument is concerned. Sure, you can produce all manner of vocal sounds by manipulating your breath directly, but only singing motivated directly by your thoughts and feelings will communicate them effectively. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif";">I</span><span style="font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">n addition to the stimulator, vibrator, and resonators common to all instruments, it possesses an articulator formed by the tongue, lips, palate, jaws, and teeth which make it possible the formation of words. Also unlike the resonating chambers of other instruments, certain parts of the resonators of the human mechanism can be changed at will through movements of the tongue, lips, jaw, and palate. Hence, a great variety of sounds is possible.</span></div>
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</div>Geocreationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10129903863601273036noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910093480740134909.post-83572598100396158222012-02-22T03:58:00.002-08:002012-02-22T03:58:35.716-08:00WHAT IS SINGING?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Singing is one of the natural forms of tune production. To sing is simple to utter vocal sounds with music inflections or melodious modulations. Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, which is often contrasted with speech. Unlike speech making or talking, there is an unlimited range of pitch is singing. This could simply be deduced that singing is sustained talking on a tune or the artistic intensification of speech brought about by modifying the power, pitch and durations of sound. Nearly anyone who can speak can sing, since in many respects singing is merely a form of sustainable speech. It can be informal and just for pleasure; for example, singing in the shower or karaoke; or it can be very formal, such as singing done professionally as a performer or a recording studio. Singing at a high amateur or professional level usually requires a certain amount of innate talent and a great deal of regular practice, and/ or instruction. Professional singers usually build their careers around one specific musical genre and undergo voice training, provided by a voice teacher or coach throughout a career. A person who is singing is called a singer or vocalist. Singer or vocalist singers perform music known as songs that can either be sung “A cappella” (without accompaniment) or accompanied by musicians on instruments.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Why do we learn to sing?</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 37.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1.</span><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">It is knowledge easily taught, and quickly learned where there is a good master and an apt scholar.</span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 37.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2.</span><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">It fortifies the health, widens culture, refines intelligence, enriches imaginations, makes for happiness, and endows life with added zeal.</span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 37.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3.</span><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The exercise to singing is delightful to nature, and good to preserve the health of man.</span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 37.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">4.</span><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">It strengthens all parts of the respiratory system. Singing develops the lungs and purifies the blood.</span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 37.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5.</span><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">It is a singular good remedy for stuttering or stammering in the speech. It increases poise, self confidence and develops character thus adding to the charm of personality.</span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 37.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6.</span><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">It is the best means to procure a perfect pronunciation and to make a good orator. </span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 37.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">7.</span><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">It promotes good bodily posture and a graceful carriage.</span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 37.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">8.</span><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">It is the only way to know where nature has bestowed the benefit of a good voice; which gift is so rare, as there is not one among thousand, that has it; and in many, that excellent gift is lost, because they want to express nature.</span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 37.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">9.</span><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">There is not any music instrument whatsoever, comparable to that made of the voices of men, where the voices are good, and the same well sorted and ordered.</span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 37.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">10.</span><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The better the voice is, the better it is to honour and serve God therewith, and the voice of man is chiefly to be employed to that end.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div></div>Geocreationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10129903863601273036noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910093480740134909.post-67390112624337417082012-02-22T03:55:00.000-08:002012-02-22T03:55:11.198-08:00The Human Voice<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Your voice is an intimate part of you which could be seen to be pure, sweet, strong, seductive, attractive and funny or commanding. It is the faculty of power of uttering sounds through the mouth by the controlled expulsion of air. The production of voice in a speech is a habit and, like most habits, is generally given little thought. Nevertheless the making of vocal sounds requires a mechanism of an intricate and highly developed character. </span></div><div style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif";">The voice is physiologically wired to respond to and communicate your thoughts and feelings in real time. </span><span style="font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">In fact, the voice is without doubt the most efficient sound producer in existence. From various perspectives, there is a distinction between the spoken voice and the singing voice. Singing could be described as the art of expressing emotions and sentiments with words and music by using the voice as a musical instrument, while speaking could also be termed to express same but without music inflections. What singing and speaking both share in common are the properties of vocal sounds which are: pitch, intensity, duration, and timbre (or, tone colour), but what clearly differentiates them are in some elements of music which are; melody, harmony, rhythm, form, texture, tempo and dynamics. </span></div></div>Geocreationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10129903863601273036noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910093480740134909.post-3978555321596613442011-12-16T01:29:00.000-08:002011-12-16T01:29:26.923-08:00Naija Sheet Music.com<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 5pt 0cm; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Nigerian Sheet Music.com </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">is Nigeria's foremost dedicated sheet music website. The website has the ambitious goal of building the largest collection of Nigerian sheet music on the Internet, and also with a mission is to primarily immortalize the music and create a much more specialized and attentive level of service for the Nigerian artistes, at the same time provide technically-professional visibility for the respective artistes in sheet music (scores) format.<br />
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With the proliferation of Internet use in Nigeria and high demand of sheet music of foreign artistes, a need arose. The need is to provide Nigerians and customers in 150 countries in all 7 continents with the sheet music of local and International Nigerian artistes all over the globe. Nigerian Sheet Music.com then stepped in to meet the need.<br />
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No doubt, Nigerians are music lovers, they like Good music. Often times however, sheet music of Nigerian songs is not documented.</span></div></div>Geocreationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10129903863601273036noreply@blogger.com2