Weeks 7-8: scale, intervals & dynamics · voice
Consonant-to-vowel clarity
Land cleanly on the vowel after a consonant — no smearing, no flat onset.
Why this matters
Per bel canto, consonants must articulate cleanly without disrupting the vowel resonance underneath. If the jaw locks or the consonant truncates the vowel, the legato line collapses and the listener stops following the words.
What you should be able to do
8/10 with onsets inside R90 (±90 ms) and vowel centre inside P35 after consonants.
Estimated focus time: 1h
How to practice this with your voice today
- Speak ma-pa-ta-ka at 80 bpm in a comfortable speaking pitch — feel each consonant as a quick contact, not a clamp.
- Sing the same syllables on a single comfortable pitch at 80 bpm, holding the vowel for 90% of the beat and the consonant for the last 10%.
- Climb the major pentachord (Do-Re-Mi-Fa-Sol) one syllable per pitch, keeping the vowel shape constant.
- Record yourself and listen back: the consonants should feel like punctuation, the vowels like the carrying tone. If a vowel collapses on the consonant, slow to 60 bpm and try again.
Interactive coming soon
Per the source report, audio-only consonant detection is messy — spectral consonant tracking (Sonority + onset detection in the Estill/EBVP literature) is coach-only for now and will arrive once we've validated detection with real human takes.