Welcome to Vocalist's Insightful Practices(VIP) Newsletter!

June 7, 1999

Table of Contents:
1. Welcome Notes
2. Vocal "Trivia"
3. VIP Hot Topic
4. Vocal Tip
5. Notable Quotables
6. Trivia Answers

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1. Welcome Notes Welcome to the premier issue of Vocalist's Insightful Practices (VIP)!

VIP is a free monthly newsletter that's goal is to promote proper vocal health by providing valuable, yet simple tips to singers, vocal coaches, speakers and anyone else who uses their voice! I hope that this electronic publication assists you in creating a voice which is more healthy, powerful and enjoyable.

Please let me know how I can be of service to you in reaching your vocal goals. Take care of your voice, if it breaks you can't get a new one!

You may contact me at mailto:DAmbrosino@musicsimplymusic.com

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2. Test Your Vocal Knowledge

1. The most important muscle that facilitates proper breathing is the ____________.

2. Upon inhaling, your abdominal muscles should move inward or outward?

3. Another name for your vocal cords is vocal _________.

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3. VIP Q & A

Q: I was always told to open my mouth really wide when I sing. Why?

A: The larger the opening of the mouth, the greater chance of your voice sounding bigger because you're allowing more sound to come out. What's more important however, is that the back of your throat is open. Never open your mouth so wide that you feel pressure in your mandibular joint (jaw). This is unnatural. Just think of being on the verge of an average yawn.

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4. Vocal Tip

To avoid any stress on your vocalcords, speak and sing with a slight yawn in the back of your throat, always! (If your speech is audibly altered, you are yawning too much.)

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5. Notable Quotables

"Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don't think you can go wrong." -Ella Fitzgerald

"Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps the singing bird will come." -Chinese proverb

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6. Trivia Answers

1. Diaphragm
2. Outward
3. Folds

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Copyright © 1999 Diane Ambrosino. All rights reserved. Permission is granted to reproduce, copy or distribute VIP so long as this copyright notice and full information about contacting the author is attached. The author of this article is Diane Ambrosino and she may be contacted at:

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