Sunday, May 11, 2014

The ‘OOH” vowel

In Italian the vowels (a, e, i, o, u)  are pronounced: “ah, eh, ee, oh, ooh”

I see many, many young singers today avoided a true ‘ooh’ vowel. 

In trying to relax or sing a pop music style ‘ooh’, they are flattening their mouth into more of a speech pattern and are not singing a proper ‘ooh’

A good ‘ooh’ vowel is balsam for the voice; in other words, it promotes good muscular alignment and vocal health. 

Also if you sing a good ‘ooh’, then the ‘ah’ and ‘oh’ vowels which are very much connected to the ‘ooh’, become better.

To sing a good ‘ooh’ all you must do is open the lips a bit more for the ‘oh’ and ‘ah’, all the time keeping a nice elongated mouth for a nice, easy open sound.

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