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    The document discusses the onset of tone in singing and provides exercises to improve it. It explains that an onset is the beginning of a sung note or phrase and that breathy or unclear onsets can cause sore throats. Different types of onsets are listed, like glottal, aspirate, and simultaneous, and warm-up exercises are provided to practice varying the onset, including lip bubbles, sustained vowels, and pitch matching.

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    The document discusses the onset of tone in singing and provides exercises to improve it. It explains that an onset is the beginning of a sung note or phrase and that breathy or unclear onsets can cause sore throats. Different types of onsets are listed, like glottal, aspirate, and simultaneous, and warm-up exercises are provided to practice varying the onset, including lip bubbles, sustained vowels, and pitch matching.

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    ONSET OF TONE 

    Lesson Starter 

    TASK  
    If you’re getting a sore throat during/after singing, you may have some throat 
    constriction or be allowing too much unprocessed air to pass over the vocal cords. 
    Changing the onset of your tone can help this! Your onset is the beginning of the sound, 
    how you start a note or phrase.  

    Consider these 
    questions:  
    ● Do you have a breathy tone or a clear tone?  
    ● Do you have an edge to your tone? We can actually choose the tones we use, we’re 
    not bound to one particular tone!  
    ● The onset of the tone can happen simultaneously with the breath, before or after 
    the breath. All these choices affect our sound.  
    ● For a glottal onset practise saying 'egg'  
    ● For an aspirate onset, put an 'h' in front of your tone  
    ● For a simultaneous onset, sing 'miaow' like a cat.  

    WARM-UP
    1. Lip bubble (151)  
    2. ‘Mmm’ (132435421) (Also, Nn, Ng)  
    3. ‘Koo koo koo koo koo-aw-ah’ (on one note)  
    4. Pitch matching: Press one key at a time from middle C to high C. Listen to the pitch 
    then make your voice match it. Try various onsets while doing this.  

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