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Between Two Points
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Vocal sound is interesting. Especially in the sung variant. We perceive each individual tone, syllable, pitch, and construct a whole. As the person crafting this whole song, presentation, or speech we are very engaged with these individual components -- The pitches, rhythms, phrases, pauses, and volume. All of these are important but it is how they connect that matters most.
The space between two notes, two words, two syllables, and then the space that reaches forth to the next. That magical space between two points in where air engagement becomes authority, power, vulnerability, and beauty.
The offering today is to notice and engage with those connective spaces perhaps with one of the exercises below. For singers, ascending or descending half-steps oscillating between /i/ and /u/ can be a fun exploration of these spaces. For speakers, slowing down a line or even your name to comical stretched proportions and then returning reluctantly to normal speed.
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