ACD Vocal Exercises

Onset Exercise

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Slow Pitch Slide - make a 'corkscrew' or spiral gesture to help create legato line

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Flip the hour glass at the octave leap - Catrin at Choral Connect '19
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Resources:
Mike Brewer's Warm-Ups! - Faber Music
Building Beautiful Voices - Paul Neshiem with Weston Noble
The Complete Choral Warm-up Book - Russell Robinson and Jay Althouse
Vocal Warm-ups - Klaus Heizmann
Choral Singing Step by Step - James Jordan
Conducting Women's Choirs - Edited and Compiled by Debra Spurgeon
Finding Ophelia's Voice, Opening Ophelia's Heart - Lynne Gackle
Cantabile - Katharin Rundus
The Contemporary Singer - Anne Peckham
NZMEB Singing Syllabus - https://nzmeb.org/syllabuses

Websites:
https://www.voicescienceworks.org/
https://cherylportermethod.com/
https://www.jeffrolka.com/
https://voicesoaring.com/
Elektra: Umbrella exercise https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3kAo5LBGfw

Apps:
Amazing Slow Downer
https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/speechtest/id904673964

Voces8 Acapella Lego:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3UpGPbOIOG6IaUijyRpp6Q