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2 hours agoVocal Break by Lauren Elkin review a celebration of the female voice
When Lauren Elkin was a child, she took lessons with a voice teacher in Northport, Long Island, who would get her to perform in front of a mirror. Singing songs from the Italian classical repertoire, Elkin who was a soprano was required to smile and lift up her eyebrows as she sang since it helps with placement. She was told her breathing should come not from the chest but the diaphragm, and that she must smooth over the vocal break, which is where the chest voice changes into the head voice.
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