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Home Studio Information FAQ's Students Say BIO Breath Aerobics Performance History Contact	Article: Thoughts on the Voice: an Alfredo Kraus Masterclass Transcript Vocal exercises are done to strenghthen the function and coordination of the vocal mechanism. Some of the best are listed here:
	EXERCISE	WHAT IT ACCOMPLISHES
	Lip trills, tongue trills, phonation into narrow tubes, humming (care must be taken that the client is not engaging the jaw and tongue root while humming!	Rapidly engages Respiratory muscles Minimizes upward force on vocal folds Spreads the vocal folds to vibrate only the edges Lowers the phonation threshold pressure
	Two octave pitch glides, up and down using forward position vowels [i] and [u]	Gives maximal stretch to the vocal folds Maximum dichotomy between TA and CT muscles, then coordinates the function between them
	Arpeggiated staccato work	Clean and rapid voice onset Trains adductor/abductor muscles simultaneously with tensor muscles during pitch change
	Maria Fattore, M.M. maintains a career as professional teaching artist. Her students work professionally in music theater, opera, cabaret and the recording industry. Ms. Fattore’s professional affiliations include The New York Singing Teachers' Association (NYSTA) and Joy in Singing, where she serves on the Board and is Program Director for the Song Salon.