DIAPHRAGM: A body partition of muscle and connective tissue specifically : the partition separating the chest and abdominal cavities in mammals. It plays a major role in breathing

PITCH: The degree of highness or lowness of a tone. Basically how high or low you are singing is referred to as pitch. Higher pitch means there is faster vibration and lower pitch means a slower vibration.

RANGE: Basically the span of how low and high you can sing. A lot of classical or theatre vocalists will get caught up in assigning names to these ranges. (ie soprano, alto). I don’t use these as I feel they are restricting and my vocal method is based in contemporary music primarily and not opera or classical. We will break your range into 3 “sub-ranges” which we will refer to as LOW, MID & HIGH.

FULL TONE: This refers to singing in the mid range with full pressure and volume. The result is very powerful and booming vocals. An example would be Adele, Whitney Houston, Christina Aguilera, Steven Tyler, Jason Aldean etc.

HEAD VOICE: Singing in the HIGH range of your voice.

NOTES: Notes represent the pitch you are singing in. They’ve been assigned letters on a piano and are classified this way. When someone says you “hit the wrong note” it just means that you didn’t sing the exact pitch called for and sang a different pitch (note). Notes can also be symbols denoting musical sounds for an instrument. (Ex: “C”).

PLACEMENT: This is where you feel the sound vibrating when you sing or talk. An example of placement would be “Nasal” resonance. You would feel the sound vibrating primarily in the nose and as a result you would hear a nasal sound when singing. For each range of your voice there will be a placement that sounds the best. We will find yours in each range to ensure you produce the most aesthetic vocal sounds possible!

REPERTOIRE: A collection of plays, dances, or pieces that a company or a performer knows or is prepared to perform.

DRILLS: Exercises you do over and over again repeatedly to get a product. A drill could be applied to anything. For example you could drill singing one section of a song. You would sing it over and over again until you had it perfectly. It’s called a drill because its repeated so that it becomes natural and easy.