Monday Musings
An Old Idea for Breath Awareness - "Nota Mentale"
One of the most imaginative concepts on breath development in historical voice pedagogy is the nota mentale, or “mental note,” a principle emphasized by Giovanni Battista Lamperti and passed down through his student William Shakespeare in The Art of Singing1 (quoted above).
The idea is simple: a singer should finish a phrase with breath still in reserve,…
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