[MUSIC PLAYING]
[PIANO NOTE]
(SINGING) Nah, nah, nah.
N-A-H. Ready--
(SINGING) Nah, nah, nah.
(SINGING) Neh, neh, neh.
Nee.
(SINGING) Nee, nee, nee.
No.
(SINGING) No, no, no.
Nu.
(SINGING) Nu, nu, nu.
Nuh, nuh, nuh.
(SINGING) Nuh, nuh, nuh.
OK, that's the-- when we sing the word
the, T-H-E, if we have a lot of space in there,
this is the problem, because the uh-sound, the schwa,
it's not a very attractive thing to sing a long note on.
(SINGING) Ehh, like that.
So we often say (SINGING) thaaa, if it has a lot of note on it,
a lot of length.
Or if it's preceding a word that starts with a vowel,
obviously, we go (SINGING) thee.
T-H-I-H. Sing that. (SINGING) Thih, and--
(SINGING) Thih.
All right, we're going to practice
our vowels a little bit.
The main vowels, or the best vowels
that we use for singing are all of our what
we call our Italian vowels.
And we're going to sing eee, ay, ah, oh, ooo.
Can you sing that for me?
Ready, and--
(SINGING) Eee, ay, ah, oh, ooo.
Beautiful.
And then you're going to come back down again.
(SINGING) Ooo, oh, ah, ay, ee.
It's much harder in reverse, isn't it?
Starting with ooo.
(SINGING) Ooo, oh, ah, ay, eee.
No, ooo, oh, ah, ay, eee is reversed.
So you think of it forward, eee, ay, ah, oh, ooo, and then ooo,
oh, ah, ay, eee.
All right?
So it's a little scale that we're going up and down.
Let's try it.
Ready and--
(SINGING) Eee, ay, ah, oh, ooo, oh, ah, ay, eee.
Be sure to end on eee.
Does that make sense?
Here we go, ready, breathe.
(SINGING) Eee, ay, ah, oh, ooo, oh, ah, ay, eee.
And take a breath.
(SINGING) Eee, ay, ah, oh, ooo, oh, ah, ay, eee.
Breathe.
Eee, ay, ah, oh, ooo, oh, ah, ay, eee.
Good, we're going to do two more.
Try and make the transition between the vowels as smooth
as you can.
So we get (SINGING) eee, ay, ah, and not (SINGING) eee, ay, ah.
You can hear I'm using my throat to start each note.
So really trying to connect them,
make them as beautiful as you can.
Here we go.
Thanks, Chris.
And--
(SINGING) Eee, ay, ah, oh, ooo, oh, ah, ay ee.
Last one, and-- eee, ay, ah, oh, ooo, oh, ah, ay, eee.