draft project

The Western Voice

trained, not just sung

Train western vocals seriously โ€” technique, ear, and repertoire โ€” and find out how far this voice can go in that idiom.

A copy carries over only the public parts you see here โ€” the owners' private files never leave their own vaults.

๐Ÿšง Draft โ€” not final. This page was auto-generated as day-one scaffolding for the project and still needs a human pass before it reads as finished. The blanks and placeholders below are intentional โ€” someone who runs this project should fill them in and delete this notice.

Warm-up & range map

The fixed daily warm-up, and the honest map of where the voice is today. Update the map monthly against a fresh recording โ€” never from memory, and never after a good day (those lie upward).

The warm-up (same order, every day)

  1. Breath โ€” four slow in, hold four, out on a hiss for eight. Five rounds.
  2. Lip trills โ€” up and down a fifth, then an octave. If the trill breaks, the support did.
  3. Sirens โ€” gentle glides low to high on "ng", no pushing at the top.
  4. Scales โ€” five-note scales on ah / ee / oo, moving up by half-steps until it stops being easy. Stop there.

Rule: the warm-up ends before strain. A strained warm-up is a logged warning, not a badge.

Range map โ€” baseline 2026-07-21

Zone Notes How it feels
Comfortable (record and fill) easy, repeatable on a tired day
Working (record and fill) reachable with focus, not yet reliable
Break / passaggio (record and fill) where the voice wants to flip โ€” the month's project
Ceiling (record and fill) the honest top today, strain begins above

Baseline recording: (link the file once recorded โ€” this is task one.)