Practice track - Long Notes
With
Kim Chandler
What's in the course
56 lessons (1h 38m) · 1 free
01. Staccato breathing 1
1:52
02. Practice track - Staccato Breathing
3:29
03. Warm-up "sirens"
2:30
04. Practice track - Warm-up Sirens
2:27
05. Vowels
1:11
06. Practice track - Vowels
2:59
07. Articulation
0:48
08. Practice track - Articulation
1:33
09. Major triads
1:10
10. Practice track - Major Triads
0:43
11. Pitch accuracy
1:36
12. Practice track - Pitch Accuracy
3:15
13. Major scale
0:41
14. Practice track - Major Scale
1:23
01. Catch breaths
1:16
02. Practice track - Catch Breaths
3:21
03. Chromatic warm-up
0:39
04. Practice track - Chromatic Warm-up
3:08
05. 'Focus' exercise
1:20
06. Practice track - 'Focus' Exercise
3:36
07. Flexibility exercise
Free lesson1:20
08. Practice track - Flexibility Exercise
3:36
09. Minor triads
0:56
10. Practice track - Minor Triads
0:46
11. Easy licks
1:12
12. Practice track - Easy Licks
1:56
13. Natural Minor scale
0:33
14. Practice track - Natural Minor Scale
1:21
01. Staccato breathing 2
1:51
02. Practice track - Staccato Breathing 2
1:56
03. Warm-up "sirens" 2
0:49
04. Practice track - Warm up Sirens 2
2:50
05. Range stretch
1:25
06. Practice track - Range
2:29
07. Pop R&B lick
0:49
08. Practice track - Pop R&B Riff
2:35
09. Dorian mode
0:47
10. Practice track - Dorian Mode
1:36
11. Minor 9ths
0:27
12. Practice track - Minor 9ths
0:53
13. Flexibility & Range (Minor)
1:15
14. Practice track - Flexibility & Range (Minor)
4:45
01. 13/15 count breathing
1:32
02. Practice track - 13/15 Count
2:41
03. Intervals
0:56
04. Practice track - Intervals
3:30
05. Major pentatonic scale
0:42
06. Practice track - Major Pentatonic Scale
1:20
07. Long notes
1:15
08. Practice track - Long Notes
You are here4:11
09. Flexibility & Range (Major)
0:57
10. Practice track - Flexibility & Range (Major)
2:08
11. Minor pentatonic scale
0:39
12. Practice track - Minor Pentatonic Scale
1:18
13. Minor pentatonic lick
0:42
14. Practice track - Minor Pentatonic Lick
1:56
Lesson transcript
12-Bar "Oo" Exercise
This exercise features a long 12-bar "Oo."
Posture
- Try sitting or standing
- Determine which position works best for you
- Ensure your posture is nice and straight
Note: This exercise is the counterbalance to the previous one, so be mindful of the following:
- The in-breath should be slow and taken low in the body.
- When you do the "Oo," ensure it is held as long, steady, and controlled as possible with a small, focused sound.
Exercise Instructions
1. Start the Exercise:
- "Here's the first one."
- Start to breathe.
- Keep breathing.
Count:
- 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. (We're halfway)
- 7, 8, 9, 10, 11. (We're almost there)
- 12. Well done!
2. Increase the Volume:
- Now, this one steadily keeps getting louder all the way to the 12 count.
- "Here we go."
- Breathe.
Count:
- 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11.
- 12.
3. Decrease the Volume:
- This next one does the exact opposite, starting loud and then going softer all the way to 12.
- Breathe.
Count:
- 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12.
4. Build Up and Soften:
- Now this one builds up to the 6 count and then goes soft again to the 12 count.
- Breathe.
Count:
- 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12.
5. Opposite Dynamics:
- This one does the opposite again. It starts loudly, goes soft to 6, and loud to 12.
- Breathe.
Count:
- 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12.
6. Final Dynamics:
- Now, this last one goes loud to 3, soft to 6, loud to 9, and soft to 12.
- Breathe.
Count:
- 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12.
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Meet your guru
Meet your guru
Kim Chandler MMus BMusEd is one of the world’s leading contemporary vocal coaches. She runs a busy private studio in Marbella, Spain, where she coaches an elite clientele of international stadium band singers, charting artists from every genre, professional singers and other vocal coaches online.
As a performer, Kim has three decades of high-end performing experience in both live performance and studio singing. Aside from her voice being heard on films, albums, cruise ship shows and thousands of jingles worldwide, she has also been a backing vocalist for high-profile artists such as The Bee Gees, Natalie Cole, Michael McDonald, Bjork, Michael Bolton, Leo Sayer, Rick Astley and Susan Boyle, in addition to having performed at some of London’s most iconic locations such as the Royal Albert Hall, Downing Street, Wembley Arena Stadium, the O2 Arena and Buckingham Palace. (kimchandler.com)
Kim was an MD of large corporate recording sessions at London’s Abbey Road Studios for many years and was one of the vocal coaches for audition tours of “The Voice UK”. She is regularly invited to run master classes, workshops; teacher training events and is also a regular presenter at national & international voice conferences, including being a keynote speaker in her home country of Australia.
In the academic world, Kim spent a decade in various leadership positions of the British Voice Association as Head of Communications, past President and Director. She has many years of institutional teaching experience as a Principal/Senior Lecturer at Leeds College of Music; London College of Music respectively and was the Head of Vocals at Vocaltech (now BIMM London).
Her educational work features in many masters; doctoral theses and in compendiums such as “Training Contemporary Commercial Singers” (Compton), “Teaching Singing in the 21st Century” (Springer) and “The Ultimate Guide To Singing” (TC-Helicon).
Kim is the sole creator of the internationally popular “Funky ‘n Fun” vocal exercise series used in many institutions, private studios and by many touring artists that provides the basis of this “Funky Fundamentals for Pop Singers” course (www.funkynfun.com).
