Introduction to Voice Mechanics - Kelly Kerr Vocal Method

Module 1	Welcome!
Unit 1	Welcome!
Module 2	Lesson One - How Your Voice is Produced. First release movements.
Unit 1	Lesson One Introduction
Unit 2	Optimum Tempo
Unit 3	Voice Mechanics
Unit 4	Home Position
Unit 5	Stance
Unit 6	Home Position Exercise
Unit 7	Lesson One Summary
Unit 8	Cheeks
Module 3	Lesson One Vocal Workouts
Unit 1	Vocal Workout - Home Position
Unit 2	Vocal Workout 1
Unit 3	Home Position
Module 4	Lesson Two - Breathing Basics
Unit 1	Breathing Basics – Lecture
Unit 2	The Breathing Cycle
Unit 3	How to Inhale and Exhale
Unit 4	Breath Control
Unit 5	Top of the Breath
Unit 6	Comfortable Full
Unit 7	Stillness at the Top of the Breath
Unit 8	How to maintain an open throat at the top of the breath
Unit 9	Breathing in the Mask
Unit 10	Basic Breathing Techniques
Unit 11	Breathing Basics Summary Exercise
Unit 12	Summary Breathing Basics
Unit 13	Breathing Basics Exercises
Module 5	Lesson Three - How to Find Your Real Voice
Unit 1	Lesson Three Lecture
Unit 2	Initiating the Tone
Unit 3	Inside Voice
Unit 4	Inside Voice Pitch Line
Unit 5	Tuning the Vocal Instrument
Unit 6	Sustain pitch: 110hz, 220hz, 440hz
Unit 7	Lesson Three Summary
Unit 8	Lesson Three Exercises
Unit 9	Vocalise Top of the Breath
Module 6	Lesson Four - Jaw, Face and the Middle Voice
Unit 1	The Middle Voice Range
Unit 2	Facial Mask Workout
Unit 3	Siren Exercise
Unit 4	Vocalise Sustained A
Unit 5	Nose and Sinuses
Unit 6	Jaw
Unit 7	Head Placement
Unit 8	Mid Head to Chest Relationship
Module 7	Lesson Five - Posture - Vocal Exercises to Tune and Tone the Voice
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Module 8	Lesson Six - Tuning and Toning the Singing Voice
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We begin our studies with the very basic principles of sound and what makes your voice.

In this unit we will talk about what makes sound and where your breath is converted to sound, or voice, in your body.

We will learn about your vocal mechanism and the individual parts inside of your upper body that create voice.

You will learn the specific points and movements to release the most tension in your voice and to liberate the voice that is inside.

We will begin at the top of your head and work to the middle of your chest.

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And, you will learn the small, easy, simple movements that one by one, by one, release your voice.

These open positions are called your, “Home,” or “Resting” positions.

And each triggers a release, and rest and motion in the next point down in your vocal mechanism in the upper third of your body.

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At the end of this class you will have the basic movements that begin each of your vocal study sessions.

Dancers warm-up, martial artists warm-up, instrumentalists warm-up, and voice people warm-up.

And, before we even make a sound, we have to put our instrument in an aligned position that naturally allows the voice to easily happen.

That is the subject of today’s class:

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Your resting and released, “Home” position.

Now, I don’t expect you to perform each of these movements right the first time.

All of us have habits in our voice and in our tongue and mouth and face, and all the parts that make up the vocal mechanism that move out of their optimum position.

So, it will take a little time for your to find the resting positions, unwind the tension and then become comfortable leaving these points in their resting positions so the voice, and the air, and breath can enter.

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Take your time. These are so important. These fundamental movements are the movements that begin all the other advanced movements you will learn later in this course.

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So, it’s not a race. It’s a progression of understanding how your body works.

Take your time.

Schedule your practice sessions.

Focus on each point at a time and we’ll be able to move onto the next unit, which is breathing.

But first, before we can allow breath into the vocal mechanism we have to find the release points, unlock them so they can naturally draw breath in.

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So, with that, let’s begin and talk about sound and how and where your voice is made.

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