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Jazz Piano Harmony: Augmented Chords Explained And Demystified

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Which Chord Comes Next? (Minor Chord Progression Chart) - Music Composition

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Songwriting Secrets: Charlie Puth

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Get Better Mixes in 7 Minutes!

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How to Make Crisp Vocals

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The Jazz Piano Course: What is functional harmony, and why should you care? (Lesson 1)

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Recording Drums At The Tiny Desk (With Josh Rogosin)

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How We Record Audio At The Tiny Desk

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“When one breathes to sing, the diaphragm contracts more deeply than it does in passive breathing, typically around three inches. Additionally, the external intercostal muscles contract to lift and expand the ribcage. The combination of these muscles’ actions expands the thorax and lungs in all directions. Singers sometimes refer to this as a 360 breath and is a hallmark of a good singing technique” Link

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“During inhalation, the rib cage expands to the front and sides, and slightly to the back. The diaphragm descends, displacing the abdominal viscera, which causes the stomach to expand. As Miller describes, “the region between the sternum and the umbilicus moves outward on inspiration, but the chief outward movement occurs in the lateral planes.”ii At the start of exhalation, the singer should feel no sense of grabbing or holding in the throat. This inhibits the biologically programmed response of the larynx to act as a valve; the larynx and throat should remain open and free. The chest and sternum should remain comfortably elevated during the entire phrase and the rib cage should remain relatively expanded. Obviously, the lateral expansion will fall toward the end of each phrase, but the student should work to keep this expanded as long as is comfortable. The overall position of the torso should be the same at the end of each phrase as it was at the beginning: “posture need not be altered for the renewal of breath.”

cc: Richard Miller, The Structure of Singing: System and Art in Vocal Technique (Belmont, CA: Schirmer, 1996), 23.

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”Every person is capable of singing well. Naturally, some people have a more pleasing quality to their voice and seem to sing with an unconscious ease. But the development of good vocal technique can lead anyone to competently and confidently lift their voice to God.

Learning to sing well is a journey. The goal of this course is to accompany you on this journey by teaching you how to sing with a freely produced, rich, open and resonant sound – the kind of sound that can lead and inspire a congregation to pray.” Further Link

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Metropolitan Cantor Institute - Vocal Course, Lesson 3: Breath

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[Open Yale Courses] MUSI 112 - Listening to Music

This course fosters the development of aural skills that lead to an understanding of Western music. The musical novice is introduced to the ways in which music is put together and is taught how to listen to a wide variety of musical styles, from Bach and Mozart, to Gregorian chant, to the blues.

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