Robert Shaw, the incomparable American conductor, said, “To create a smooth legato line, sing vowels only until the vowels align with the beat. Then add the consonants back in “on top” of the vowel line“.
This is a very short way of stating my earlier blog on unison vowel production and legato line; but if short and sweet works better for you, then I am happy to include his words. I do tend to belabor a point, I have been told….
Anyway, you can hear the success of using this technique in the Robert Shaw Chorale rendition of “Shenandoah”. I cannot think of a lovelier example of legato singing.
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