From the course: Singing Lessons: 1 Fundamentals
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The whole singer
From the course: Singing Lessons: 1 Fundamentals
The whole singer
- This lesson is called the whole singer and this lesson is about taking the approach to singing that focuses on the technical, the action of your instrument, the mechanics of your instrument, but doesn't stop there. It really is an effort to think of an experience, the act of making music with your voice as an action that involves everything about you. Your instrument, unlike a guitar or a drum, is you. You are your instrument. It's not just this mechanism. It's not even just the vocal cords and your head and your breathing apparatus, it's actually your entire body. Everything about you is part of your instrument, your music-making instrument. So, I want to encourage you and inspire you to approach your instrument as yourself, just one manifestation, one expression of yourself as a human being, your life, an expression of your existence. I think it involves biology, the physiological instrument that you have, very much involves your mind, the neurology of your brain, how you think…
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