Orality vs. Nasality
I think that most of us have heard of nasality before. Did you know that it’s opposite is something called orality? It makes sense, I suppose. As we have discussed in other blog posts, this nasal quality comes from dropping …
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The Pause that Releases
Coca-Cola used the phrase “The Pause that Refreshes” as a slogan starting in 1929. This post is about a pause that can happen in the breath cycle, between the inhalation and the exhalation. In my post about Sustaining Breath, I …
Speak with Authority
Taylor Mali, in his poem Totally Like Whatever, You Know, concludes very articulately with these words: I entreat you, I implore you, I exhort you, I challenge you: To speak with conviction. To say what you believe in a manner …
Structure begets Chaos (the good kind)
Be regular and orderly in your life like a bourgeois, so that you may be violent and original in your work. —Gustave Flaubert, via MacSparky. If you’re hoping to get creative, you need a so-called “trusted system” to help manage …
Jaw Swinging on Triads
This post will combine the Jaw Swinging exercise of the Intermediate Warm-up with the descending triads used in the Resonance Basics of the Basic Warm-up. The sound of the descending triad can be heard in this audio file. If you can …