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Vocal warm-up 3: Opening up the voice

Vocal warm-up 3: Opening up the voice

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After working on breathing and resonance, Jeannette works with the actors to open their voices up. First she gets them to do some stretching exercises to open their ribs up. Yawning opens up the throat. Sliding down from high in the voice on the sound 'Haaaaaaaaaa' needs to be done at least three times.

People featured in this video:
Jeannette Nelson, Head of Voice
Sioned Jones, actor
Chris Saul, actor

This film was filmed on the set of Gethsemane, designed by Bob Crowley.

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