Unlock Your Voice with Helen @ The School of Singers.

Name: Unlock Your Voice with Helen @ The School of Singers.
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When we sing together our heartbeats synchronise

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Created byHelen Sheppard

Last updated 1/2022

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What you'll learn

You will learn a safe vocal technique, how the voice is made and a vocal workout to keep your voice in shape
How to sing with good resonance and tone.
Breath control
Flexibility, long notes and melisma
How to develop your unique qualities and musical aesthetic
Emotional engagement

Course content

2 sections • 23 lectures • 1h 30m total length

What is the voice?6:20
This is all about your new tutor, and a little bit about her musical background. Also an introduction of what you will be learning.
Before you start1:49
Maintain straight posture and head alignment before every exercise, relax your tongue, and breathe through the mouth as you prepare to place notes and balance your singing.
What Is The Voice1:50

warming up the body4:32
Warm up the body before singing by loosening the jaw, tongue, neck, and shoulders, engage relaxed axillary breathing muscles, and maintain 90-degree head alignment for open vocal delivery.
breathing3:34
The First Exercise2:48
Practice the first practical exercise, focusing on the first five notes of the octave. Sing on vowels and blend the sound, feeling it deep in your chest.
1 to 5 exercises2:28
easy arpeggios2:09
Practice easy arpeggios through a guided exercise, hold notes for three counts, then come back down after you go up, addressing the struggle to reach higher pitches.
Harder arpeggios3:26
Octaves2:05
Noh Nah exercises3:25
Breathe in through your mouth, use your diaphragm for support, and practice the no-no exercise to improve flexibility, resonance, and note precision.
Resonance and Breakpoint2:36
Chromatic Scale introduction3:09
Explore the chromatic scale, an exercise that ascends in semitones to sharpen note precision and find your break point, with coaching on breathing, tuning, and vowel placement.
Chromatic Scales 24:06
Master chromatic scales 2 by exploring resonance in different placements, from nasal cavity to a more rear position, with examples shown on camera.
Pentatonic Scales3:08
Explore the pentatonic scale, a five-note pattern that fuels vocal exercises to improve flexibility and fast melodic runs, with examples and improvisation in every key used in contemporary music.
Group Fun Holding A Long Note1:29
Practice long notes to strengthen breath control and diaphragm placement, aiming to hold a 30-second note through group exercises and demonstrations.
More Long notes1:37
Develop the skill to hold a long belt note and refine technique with focus on the head.
Triple Flex Exercises7:18
Zoom Lessons2:42
Explore singing intervals and octave awareness while shaping resonance behind the soft palate and upper pharynx, using tongue placement and abdominal support to improve timing in zoom lessons.
Your Unique Sound6:04
Develop your unique vocal sound by aligning your musical aesthetic with self-awareness, voice placement, dynamics, and emotion through resonance. Practice 20 minutes daily to refine technique and emotional expression.
Live Lessons6:30
Join a live singing lesson that guides you to express emotion through mood, phrasing, and breath, exploring regret and grief to deepen vocal delivery and performance.
Melisma Chat2:53
Explore melasma as ornamented fast notes and the pentatonic scale, playable on the black keys, for vocal runs. Practice this scale across notes to improvise with tone and long notes.
The Deeper Stuff14:38
Explore resonance behavior, the intention behind singing, and how sound acts as a carrier of consciousness, while heartbeats synchronize when singing together.

Requirements

There are no prerequisites.
No former experience needed.

Description

There are many health benefits to singing from lowering high blood pressure to improving your emotions. In fact, it stimulates every atom in your body giving you an atomic massage! It makes people happy and acts as a vehicle to let out pent up emotions. It's a wonderful release.

When you sing, through resonance behaviour, other people can feel how you are feeling and so singing acts as a great communication tool. when words aren't enough, you can always sing your heart out. It's also good for positive mental health and when we sing together, our heartbeats synchronise. How amazing is that?

In this course you will learn a great vocal technique that will improve your breathing, resonance, range and flexibility. You will, through practice be able to achieve a higher level of ability according to how much you engage with your passion for singing and music. Practice is essential.

This course offers exercises that are perfect for beginners and intermediate vocalists plus lectures on how to develop your unique sound, a live lesson or two demonstrating emotional engagement, the art of listening and much more. The singers in the video are students except one celeb, Leona Skimming, who demonstrates some of the exercises. Just a word of warning, hardly ANYONE sounds good exercising so don't be disheartened if you think you sound rough. We all do! It's like going to the gym and getting sweaty and looking in the mirror wishing you looked a million dollars! Don't worry, do the work and you will eventually succeed. The more time you put in, the better the results will be.

Who this course is for:

Beginners to intermediate level who are passionate about singing

Unlock Your Voice with Helen @ The School of Singers.

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Course content

Introduction "What is the voice and how is it made?3 lectures • 10min

Practical Exercises20 lectures • 1hr 21min

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