Let’s talk about the E vowel

In our last blog, we spoke about the importance of a relaxed tongue position. Remember pretending to falling asleep in the chair and finding your most relaxed tongue position?  The vowel that most closely simulates that tongue position is the E vowel.  You want to keep that pesky tongue in that E position no matter what vowel you are singing.  Practice singing all of the vowels by only moving the tongue from your relaxed E position enough to change the vowel.  

Now, you ask why does this matter?  Well…if your tongue stays in this relaxed position for all of your vowels you will be maintaining the most space you can have in the back of your throat.  Always remember to keep taking in as much air as possible by using your straw, and engaging those abs for the right support!