From the course: Vocal Lessons: 1 Warm Ups and Cool Downs

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Exercise 5 instructions: The la-ga series, part 2

Exercise 5 instructions: The la-ga series, part 2

From the course: Vocal Lessons: 1 Warm Ups and Cool Downs

Exercise 5 instructions: The la-ga series, part 2

- I'm gonna show you more of how this la-ga series goes. And I'll point out certain things so as you practice it, even though I'll be coaching you with it in the coached exercise for it, I want to point out certain things that will help you to know what to look for and recognize, "OK, I'm doing it right", or "Oops, I need to correct something." If you're male and your speaking voice hovers around this note, that's where you would start. If you're female, you'll do it where I'm going to sing it. Remember that you hold the jaw and you don't overextend. By the way, try that. You may feel the back of your mouth, at the roof tighten if you go too far with your jaw. Now, everybody has a different size jaw, you know, some people have very large jaws, big mouths, wide lips, some are smaller, so I need you to hold your jaw in such a way and with your mouth open to the degree that you do not end up feeling tension back here. All right, and that should be pretty good. In here. That's about two…

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