Music Lesson with Tamino

Tamino: Yes. Singing about love for a change.

Instructor: Okay, start. All your consonants have to be supported and not coming from under. You are a master of bringing them from under. So now we're going to change it and you're going to bring them to the right place.

Starting Notes

• This is a long note. Use it.
• This is long. B on the high note.
• Okay, so let's start. We have to correct it again.

Consonant Clarity

• You're doing a little bit D.
• You're a bit in the nose.
• I need you to open up; do not be in the nose, be in the ribs.
• I have to say this.

Instructor: Okay? Yeah, you can start. Yeah, that's it.

Improvements Noted

• Much better. B.
• Don't close your mouth for the L.
• The no-closed diphthong, but sound.
• So you have to be aware the OO comes very late.

Instructor: Okay, again. But the B was much better.

Practice Recommendations

• You have to practice at home.
• That's your practice.

Instructor: Okay, this business is that Sal. Wie No Beautiful. Almost wie noch. Versailut was very good.

Technical Adjustments

• Unfortunately, you have a K.

• This is German. We have to hear every consonant.

• But you don't stop the air on the consonant; you sing through the consonants.

• Yeah, but the bilabial was wonderful and the intonation was very good.

Vocal Techniques

• So, when I help you, it's fantastic, but not if it comes from under.
• Why is the V very good? Because it makes the sound very concentrated.

Instructor: So feel me. I can sing or I can sing. Did you feel the ribs?

• You do the V on the ribs. You can do it better.
• More sound, not more sound here.
• More sound here.
• Less air. If you can.

Instructor: Okay, a little bit more. Okay. Minor. It's much better.

Breath Support

• You are now on the breath because of the V.

• Every time you have V, R, they help you to be on the breath.

• You had a little bit of shadow vowel. It's a diphthong.

Note Timing

Instructor: Mine again. So the E very late. Sing on the A.

• Minor. Minor.
• Okay, Minor.
• Even later. The E even later.
• Trust it. You will not be late.

Instructor: Okay. Mine house is my ring over here. Minor has his.

Practicing Phonetics

Instructor: Okay, let's do it again. It's much better.

• But the second mein also, don't close.

• For the T and the N, don't close your mouth.

• Mit noen regun. There is no reason to close the mouth at all in this sentence.

• Because N, T, and M you can do with the space open.

Instructor: Yeah. Okay.

Emotional Expression

• So all of again, mine held mine.
• The long note, you're parking.
• You are in parking position.

Instructor: You're singing about your heart, and your heart, I hope, doesn't park.

Discussing Note Thoughts

Instructor: What do you want to think in these notes?

• Because we need to talk about it.
• It's difficult. They're long notes.
• What are you thinking? What are you thinking of doing? Or are you not thinking?

Student: Well, in terms of the technically...

Technical Discussions

• Pushing as much air through as possible, keeping it spinning and moving towards the next bar.
• Basically. Great. But not pushing.

Instructor: Not pushing, but you're getting.

Encouragement and Corrections

Instructor: Super. This was much better.

• Okay, I help you filt.

• You have t at the end.

• T is wonderful because it releases your diaphragm.

• So do it bew. Do it with consciously.

• It was much better because your heart suddenly we heard something.

High Notes Technique

Instructor: And that can be on the tone because you're a little bit... yeah, on the tone.

• Very nice, very nice.
• Okay. These high notes.

Instructor: Just don't push on it. Allow it to travel.

• Just trust it.
• Because you are really in a great position for the heads.
• And then suddenly I feel you pushing it up.

Releasing Tension

Instructor: No reason. Just release the diaphragm in between.

• Let's see.
• Release the tone.
• When I say "release the tone," I mean sometimes singers just... they get the note, and they're so happy, so they hold the air on it.

Sharing the Music

Instructor: No, share it with us. Don't hold anything for yourself.

• You can buy some meat.
• And don't think forte there. Not at all forte.
• Not at all. If anything, less.

Addressing Issues

Instructor: Super. Sorry, what was wrong?

• It was... it came from below.
• Yes, it came from below, you know?

Insight on the Sound

Instructor: Yeah.

• No, you're in. You're in the throat.
• You're not on the breast.
• Do here. Okay. And release the air you're holding a little bit.

Breathing Technique

Instructor: Yes. Okay. Have the space open before.

• Have the space open. Great.
• But now don't push the sound.
• The space is there.
• Your space is there.

Encouraging Focus

Instructor: Don't push the sound. Trust it.

• Do the quite forward near the T. Okay.
• The K is not quite. It's hard.
• You have to be like a violin, and the ribs have to be open.
• So you don't start on the note; you start really before.

Breathing and Reading

Instructor: Give us like two bars or something like this.

• Breathe.

• And no finish.

• Okay. Not bad.

• And then you read it to me.

Instructor: Okay, or whatever.

Reflecting on Lyrics

Instructor: I don't know where I am, but...

Student: Okay, you're asking a question.

• Sol die empfindung liebe sein. Is this love?
• Can it be love?
• I want to feel it.

Ending with Air

Instructor: At the end, you need to send it to the air.

• Leave your mouth open.

Instructor: Can I insist a little longer on these two?

• Yeah, please do it again because you are pushing the sound a little bit.
• And you're not quite on the breath.
• Do it again.

Final Adjustments

Instructor: You have to support your consonants.

• They have to be here.
• Not support them in the mouth.
• Support them with the breath.

Instructor: Okay, try again. Space first. Space. Great, great.

• So you're just lazy. You can do it.
• It was really great.
• Wasn't it better?
• I think it was much better.

Emphasizing Tone Quality

• It's such a beautiful sound coming out without nothing in the nose.
• Everything is in the body.

Instructor: Okay. Support your consonants.

• Here, the Z up, not from below.
• You want to start from there or you want to start...
• But please, you sing about love.

Emotion and Technique

Instructor: Yeah. Be a bit more in love.

• Okay. It's too forward and it's not in the breath.
• No pushing.

Instructor: Okay. Be on the breath.

Merging Resonance

Instructor: You tend to push a little bit the sound forward in the face because it gives you a good feeling, because you have a lot of resonance.

• But it doesn't sound so nice out here.
• So, and it's so amazing when it's in your body.

Instructor: When it's in the body, when it's here, then we hear the whole color of your voice, not just the front but also...

Balance and Diction

Instructor: I need a mix of the front and the back.

• Don't open your mouth too much.
• Can you sing? It's German. We have to hear that.

Final Thoughts

• It's not so high in the register.

• You can do.

• Start from there.

• It's a bit. It's a closed O in German.

• On the breath, it's much better because you see the consonants, they give color to your singing.

• If you sing...

• No, the V, the... this is the color of the German language.

Instructor: We have to hear it. It was really much better.

• Okay, and caress it with the breath.
• Caress it with the breath.

Crescendo Guidance

Instructor: Okay. It was not bad before, but the high notes...

• I know that it's here written crescendo.
• Don't think about crescendo because you're going up.
• It's going to crescendo by itself.

Musical Interpretation

Instructor: So on the contrary, because you're singing two lines, musically the same, but the words are different.

• I want to hear a difference in the way you say it.

Instructor: Okay, so we're going back to that.

• And your I.
• It's a bit too close with I.
• And it's not. I.

Feeling the Doubt

Instructor: Okay, so you can start.

• And you're asking a question.

• I need to feel a little bit.

• You're a little bit in doubt and you're asking the world, what am I going to do when I find her?

• You sound very secure to me.

Instructor: Okay, so war und rein.

• Again, the V was really not up there.
• Because why? Because you don't have the space.

Final Breathing Exercises

Instructor: Okay. You sing.

• Open. Open your ribs before.
• Okay. Breath.
• My warm breast.

Instructor: Breast. Okay. And not in heissen boozen.

Performance Confidence

Instructor: Fallen sicken.

• Undies and eyes and vision.
• Yes. One day.
• One day. I want at least a little bit of T.

Instructor: Okay. Super. This was so nice.

• And then you pushed it.
• Don't push. It was so nice.
• Start from there.

Instructor: I know he wrote forte. Ignore it.

• Because I don't know even if this is the right addition.
• Okay, and believe me, the G. We will hear you.
• Tenors, we hear them.
• Okay, you are parking.
• Yeah, I know. Sorry.

Encouragement to Reflect

Instructor: Okay, think, think.