Best Portuguese Basic Tips Podcasts (2025)

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33. I've got a gig - Warm up with me - Major Scale + Basically How to Scat 28:13

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Fan Mail Portal Hi How are you?! So I begin with singing a D Major Scale over two octaves over the chords: Bmin/G and F#minor/D. I'm referencing a song by Tainui Richmond called "Turning it Over", though I don't sing his song. Do go check it out, it's cool. https://tidal.com/track/469516330/u Then I scat over the chords: BMajor to G#Minor. MY NEW S…

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32. Always Take you Instrument 20:19

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Fan Mail Portal Oh October, you nearly won this round, BUT NO! Here I am! End of October! Yes! One Episode a Month is my promise to ME, and I will keep it! Yay for self inflicted goals and joys! Thank you so much for listening! Today we sing - Always Take Your Instrument A song I wrote ages ago when I was far far from home. I play the Chords G to C…

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31. Share you Music and Henrietta. 28:17

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Fan Mail Portal Thanks so much for Listening! This Episode has my number one tip for if you are releasing music... or practising singing and taking steps with your voice. Share your Music with people who adore you, Let them appreciate your Awesome Self. in Ebminor with the Eb minor Pentatonic Scale 1 flat 3, 4, 5, flat 7, 8. Then, We head to Henrie…

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30. Vocal Registers and Call Me for No Reason 29:07

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Fan Mail Portal I've got a new song coming out called "Call me for No Reason" AUGUST 17 - 2025 it's coming out on the Bandcamp Platform. This Episode delves into where your voice would sit in a traditional Soprano, Alto, Tenor or Bass range, if you were singing this song. In A Major. You know I love playing harmony games, so it is more of that, but…

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29. Hey little Earthing in the Natural Minor Warm up to get you going for the day 20:06

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Fan Mail Portal I wanted to do a shorter episode for just the Vocal Warm up while you drive somewhere and you know you gotta speak and you need to warm your voice up ready to go. Singing in the G Major Key, and then moving to it's relative minor in E Minor. a Descending Relative Minor Key, or Natural Minor/Aeolian Mode, 8, b7, b6, 5, 4, b3, 2, 1. C…

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28. Ending your Notes and You Never Let Me Down 24:40

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Fan Mail Portal Heya, I wanted to work on a warm up that is a minor pentatonic descnding run, and on open vowel sounds. Then we head into a song about my chickens. Here's the words - Amin C7 You Never let me down, you always pick me up, Amin F G You never shut me out, But now you’re out there looking for dirt. There is a worm solo at the end. I wan…

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27. Relative Minor, The Air in Africa and When am I Gonna Learn? 32:33

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Fan Mail Portal Hiya beautiful people! Thanks for tuning in to my podcast. Lotsa love to you out there. In this lesson we look at the Relative minor scale as a warm up. 1, 2, flat 3, 4, 5, flat 6, flat 7, 8. For my exercise I leave out the flat 6 once I get going. We then look at two songs and moosh them together, a song called 'Wondering where the…

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26. Vocal Range in Shelter - Warm Ups, Octaves, Jimmy Jam 31:33

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Fan Mail Portal Hello beautiful people! Thanks for listening! I reference a new song of MINE in this Episode and I will be eternally greatful if you were to check it out on Bandcamp (Here is the link) and Pre-save it's RELEASE (Here's that link) on your preferred Streaming Platform. Thank you so much! That helps me so much! I also mention the Songw…

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25. Coffee Fuel Portuguese Song... (Mixolydian Scale Gold) 41:03

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Fan Mail Portal Happy New 2025 has Begun. And I've squirrelled away an afternoon to say hi. I wanted to sing a big hard song to start the year. It's called Magalenha, by the incredible Sergio Mendez. I begin in D Major, and an Aminor. And we sing a major scale and then, technically a Mixolydian scale cause I flatten the 7, as the song requires. We …

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Now you listen here Missy 11:33

1y ago11:33

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Fan Mail Portal This is a message to a friend, and I thought you'd like it too. Cause you're my friend. I don't swear in my pod, but I do say sh*t twice in this. Sorry about that. Is Sh*t a swear word? https://marvellstreet.com/ Your CODE for 15% off the awesome coffee is Sing15 Marvell Street Coffee Roasters Marvell Street Coffee Roasters Byron Ba…

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24. Unsolicited Thoughts about Chronic Pain via a Singing Lesson 16:52

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Fan Mail Portal May I begin this introduction with the clearest heading that I am in no way a Doctor and nor have I studied anything close to something offical in that realm. This is a story about a friend, and a singing lesson from an empathetic, well meaning person on a rainy day. I send this with the best intentions and care and I hope you're go…

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23. The Major Scale Some Long Notes with a Drone to calm ye down 21:12

1+ y ago21:12

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Fan Mail Portal Hi beautiful folks, It's been too long, But here is a new one. I've been busy singing the things and writing and working and all the things. But you've been on my mind, so here's a new episode to hum along with for sure. A Major Scale with a Drone, And exercise that the amazing Harry James Angus shared with me. Check him out, he's g…

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22. Singing Lesson for your Inner - or Actual - Five Year Old 22:57

1+ y ago22:57

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Fan Mail Portal Hey, I ran into a friend in the shops and he asked if I teach five year olds... and Its been on my mind ever since... Like... Maybe, what would I say to my five year old self? I grew up singing with my family. After dinner dad would play guitar, we sang all these funny old songs that I don't even know if anyone else knew. The other …

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21. Songwriting & Vocal Joy Workshop Podcast 36:22

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Fan Mail Portal Hi there, This is a project that has been on the burners for about two years, and now I've made it to this point - I'm holidng my breath - Is this a thing? Does this work? For about two decades I have attended so many songwriting workshops. I love word games, heart games, writing, creative writing, all the things. And for the last t…

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20. Near and Far Projection - Hey Baby... 19:23

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Fan Mail Portal Heya, How's it going?! We dive straight into a warm up in the Key of F Major scale and some harmony games. Breath work! Vibrato! Open your mouth and let your sound out! Then we think about near and far, projecting- what do you differently when you speak to close by, compared to out the window and far away. If you're here from Patreo…

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19. My Choir Recap of the Year and Belly of The Whale 20:26

2y ago20:26

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Fan Mail Portal Well, Hello 2024. How are we? What say we start the year with a singing Episode of singing? What a good idea, what what! Hey, did you know I have a new EP out on BANDCAMP - you can check it out via my website at shelly.com.au And you can support this podcast by heading to Patreon - Shelly_Brown This episode recaps some of my anchor …

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18. The Dorian Mode and IN WE DIVE 19:19

2y ago19:19

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Fan Mail Portal Dear sweet humans, I am beyond delighted to share with you that I have a NEW EP out January 1 - 2024. It's called In We Dive. As this podcast nears is 100k Streams, I need to sing from the hills to you to please go check out my music. This is gonna be really weird if you don't like it... But you've come this far with me, SO I can't …

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17. Warming Up a Choir & Singing For Home 23:48

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Fan Mail Portal Hi Beautiful People, Thanks for Listening and following and supporting and your letters and hello's. Today we do a quick warm up for my chickens: Chocolate (Cocklario); Caramel (Cam Cam) and Penelope (PenelopWa). Then we head in to do a vocal warm up the way I warm up my choir. Jammin, scales, vocal sounds, loosening up. The We sing…

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16. Ball of Joy and The Teskey Brothers 24:08

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Fan Mail Portal Hiya. How's it going? I think I'm a bit scatty in this one. You'll forgive me. It's all good. Two warm ups, one to calm you down and one to wake you up. Then off we go singing "Hold Me" By The Teskey Brothers. The Chords for this are C Major to Dminor, Then Dminor back to C! Easy! Go play it on something if you wanna! Thanks so much…

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15. You Got This - Walking Up That Hill 21:22

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Fan Mail Portal Well Hey There, Happy New Things. In this Episode we're looking at relaxing your voice on ascending vocal melody. We're in E Major, it's got a very Major Pentatonic Vibe. Hi to my sister walking up a hill - these are motivational shoutouts to get you up the hill you're on! Go you! You're a good Egg! Please jump on my Patreon if you …

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14. Banana Bread and Let's Write! 15:34

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Fan Mail Portal I just baked Banana Bread. Our freezer was full of banana's. It was getting weird. So here's a warm up exercise using a Major Chord and a Minor Chord 1 2 3 5 3 2 1 in Gb Major, over to 1 2 b3 5 b3 2 1 in Ab minor. In a 3/4 time, "What is that thing I can smell Is it some thing I don’t like? What is that Banana smell? Is it banana br…

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13. Cocoon and the Revolution 19:48

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Fan Mail Portal Hey Beautiful People. Today we're chatting about your cocoon, your safe happy place for singing. And thinking about Speech Quality - this honest real amazing part of your voice that sounds how you sing, and sings how you speak. and then we had into a minor pentatonic jam on the Revolution baby! oooh Yeah! Thanks for coming with me o…

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Songwriting & Vocal Joy Workshops at SAE in Byron Bay 1:04

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Fan Mail Portal Hey! How are you?! **Cheeky Advertisement, - New episode out NOW for Patrons and coming to your ears soon. Thanks for listening!!!*** I just wanted to let you know in case you or someone you know may be local to this area that I will be running a series of workshops on Songwriting and Vocal Joy. It's like the podcast, but with a gro…

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12. Self Sabotage and Sparrows 14:57

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Fan Mail Portal Hiya, Today I wanted to have a chat about all the things that get in the way of you singing. Push 'em over! Get them outta here! Let your voice fly free! Then we'll have a big long note, breathe deep sing for Sparrows! I was a little bit hypo about the bass. Fun as fun can be. Exploring harmonies, open your mouth, let it out. Thanks…

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11. The Major Pentatonic Scale and Your Vocal Break 23:41

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Fan Mail Portal Hey Look at me cooking with Gas! I know right! Hey, in this episode we explore the Major Pentatonic Scale - 1 2 3 5 6 it starts a little jazzy, grooves past country and rounds the corner in soul music as it usually does round here... Then we delve into a world of Vocal Registers. From your chest voice- where you might normally speak…

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10. Warming Back into Find What We Need 16:10

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Fan Mail Portal Hi Dear Singing Lesson for No One Community! Here is a long overdue Singing Lessons For No One Episode for you to sink your teeth into. In this Episode, we explore singing Vowels, Consonants and Singing from the Heart, or what I call Bosom Singing. You know when you hug someone to your chest in a caring warm hug in to the chest kind…

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Significado de bater o martelo, ao Deus dará e chá de cadeira 7:19

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Meaning bater o martelo, ao Deus dará and chá de cadeira Olá e seja bem-vindo ao Portuguese Basic Tips 103, sobre o significado de bater o martelo, ao Deus dará e chá de cadeira No podcast de hoje, nós vamos falar sobre 3 expressões novas que você precisa saber se quiser vir ao Brasil: aprenda o significado de bater o martelo, ao Deus dará e chá de…

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Significado de lamber sabão, se não me falha a memória e não vejo a hora 7:37

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Meaning of lamber sabão, se não me falha a memória and não vejo a hora Olá e seja bem-vindo ao nosso Portuguese Basic Tips 102, sobre o significado de lamber sabão, se não me falha a memória e não vejo a hora No podcast de hoje, nós vamos falar sobre 3 novas expressões que você precisa saber, se quer vir ao Brasil. Aqui estão elas: lamber sabão, se…

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Sentenças que estrangeiros falam de forma diferente 8:36

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Sentences that foreigners use differently in Portuguese Olá e seja bem-vindo ao Portuguese Basic Tips 101, sobre sentenças que os estrangeiros falam de forma diferente em português No podcast de hoje, nós vamos falar sobre algumas frases que os estrangeiros usam em português, mas que são diferentes da forma como nós fazemos no Brasil. Quero dizer, …

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Quando usar eu fui e eu era em português 8:51

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Learn when to use eu fui and eu era in Portuguese Olá e seja bem-vindo ao nosso Portuguese Basic Tips 100, sobre quando usar “eu fui” e “eu era” em português No podcast de hoje, nós vamos falar um pouco sobre gramática da língua portuguesa: você vai saber quando usar “eu fui” e “eu era” em português. Há muitas pessoas que têm dúvidas sobre quando d…

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9. Modes: Mixolydian - Jettison 16:58

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Fan Mail Portal Hi there, this Episode features the song by the delightful Vince Jones called 'Jettison' from his 2004 Live Album. I lead you through diving down from your G Major Scale to the D Mixolydian Scale and then we learn the Trumpet line from there. I do take it up a few semitones at the end so you can feel it in different keys. D is prett…

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Significado de voz de veludo, fazer de gato e sapato e lavar roupa suja 7:31

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Meaning of voz de veludo, gato e sapato and lavar roupa suja Olá e seja bem-vindo ao Portuguese Basic Tips 99, sobre o sigificado de voz de veludo, lavar roupa suja e fazer de gato e sapato No podcast de hoje, nós vamos falar sobre o significado de voz de veludo, lavar roupa suja e fazer de gato e sapato. Vamos começar! Voz de veludo No momento que…

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Singnificado de ponto sem nó, faca e queijo na mão e santo de casa não faz milagre 8:06

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Learn the Meaning of Ponto sem nó, faca e o queijo na mão and santo de casa não faz milagre Olá e seja bem-vindo ao Portuguese Basic Tips 98, sobre o significado de ponto sem nó, faca e queijo na mão e santo de caso não faz milagre No podcast de hoje, nós vamos falar sobre as expressões “santo de casa não faz milagre”, “dar ponto sem nó” and “estar…

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Falando português como um brasileiro 8:11

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Speak Portuguese as a Brazilian Olá e seja bem-vindo ao nosso Portuguese Basic Tips 97, chamado “falando português como um brasileiro” No podcast de hoje, nós vamos praticar novas maneiras de dizer a mesma frase, mas de uma maneira mais peculiar, do jeito como falamos no dia-a-dia. Por exemplo: Você sabe o que é isso? (Do you know what this is?) Cl…

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8. Singing the Modes 19:53

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Fan Mail Portal Hello 2021, you crazy chicken. I've missed making my podcast so very much and I aim to jump back on the bandwagon as much as I can this year. If you love it half as much as I do, please jump on my Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/Shelly_Brown In this Episode we explore Modes. A way of singing new scales and exploring music theory.…

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Significado de sem choro nem vela, carro na frente dos bois e bater um fio ou dar um toque 7:54

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Meaning of sem choro nem vela, carro na frente dos bois and bater um fio or dar um toque Olá e seja bem-vindo ao Portuguese Basic Tips 96, sobre o significado de expressões como sem choro nem vela, carro na frente dos bois e bater um fio ou dar um toque No podcast de hoje, nós vamos falar sobre o significado de expressões usadas no Brasil como sem …

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New Episodes on the way 11:30

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Fan Mail Portal Episodes are in the Pipeline The Cat is in the Bag The Eagle has left the nest The snake is in the frypan I have a few Episodes in final stages and it's been so long between hello's I thought I'd make a trailer to say Hi. Hope you're doing well. Here's my Hello. https://www.patreon.com/Shelly_Brown https://www.facebook.com/singingle…

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Significado de botar a mão na massa, na ponta do lápis e eu, hein! 7:02

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Meaning of botar a mão na massa, na ponta do lápis and eu, hein! Olá e seja bem-vindo ao nosso Portuguese Basic Tips 95, chamado de significado de botar a mão na massa, na ponta do lápis e eu, hein! No podcast de hoje, nós vamos falar sobre o significado de botar a mão na massa, na ponta do lápis e “eu, hein”? Visite nosso episódio anterior sobre o…

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Significado de bater cartão, abrir mão, haja coração e a casa caiu 8:58

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Meaning of bater cartão, abrir mão, haja coração and a casa caiu Olá e seja bem-vindo ao Portuguese Basic Tips sobre o significado de bater cartão, abrir mão, haja coração and a casa caiu No podcast de hoje, nós vamos falar sobre o significado de bater cartão, abrir mão, haja coração, e a casa caiu. Acontece que eu percebi que três dessas expressõe…

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7. Minor 11 Chord, Songwriting & Harmony Games 17:25

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Fan Mail Portal In the key of E minor- the Minor 11 Chord 1, flat 3, 5, flat 7, 9, 11 And then a chordal game where you take out one number and still sing the rest of the exercise. And then a songwriting game, I'll start you off, and then you make something up... "I don't know which way I should Go..... I wanna be free baby". This episode we had th…

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6. Harmonic Minor & 'Air Between Us' by Mama Kin Spender 27:40

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Fan Mail Portal Welcome Back! It's been too long :) Season 2 - Episode 1 Harmonic Minor Scale 1, 2, flat 3, 4, 5, flat 6, natural 7, 8 Egyptian sound at the bottom, and spooky at the top. "I haven't had my coffee yet"... :) Working on a song by Mama Kin Spender called "Air Between Us" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jZNl95axbU&feature=emb_logo Cho…

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5. Addressing "The Fear"; The Natural Minor; Vibrato & "People Want to Sing" by Kooii 23:14

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Fan Mail Portal Let's just have a look at "The Fear", if any, of singing, and consider the idea of putting it on the ground. Then The Natural Minor (Aeolian Mode) 1; 2; flat 3; 4; 5; flat 6; flat 7; 8. And then have a look at the vocal round in "People Want to Sing", by Brisbane Band 'Kooii'. And Try some exercises with Vibrato. Links: https://kooi…

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4. Exercises for practice, warm ups & downs; Harmonies with the Minor 9 23:22

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Fan Mail Portal This is the exercise tape for running through sounds, playing with techniques, covering some basic music theory and good times. Ending up on the Minor 9 Chord. 1; flat 3; 5; flat 7; 9. Thanks for listening. Support the show https://www.patreon.com/Shelly_Brown www.shelly.com.au https://www.instagram.com/shellybrownmusic/…

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3. Twang Quality and The Blues Scale + Jam 18:14

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Fan Mail Portal This Ep we're going to hassle out "Twang quality". We're going to find the strength and supreme delight in getting you nose working when you sing. It's totally a thing. If you're a visual kind of person, get out something and write this on it: The Blues Scale: 1; flat 3; 4; flat 5; 5; flat 7; 8. Then we're gonna sing a Blues song ab…

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2. Minor Pentatonic, Sob Quality & Express yourself. 21:25

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Fan Mail Portal Hi, welcome back, come on in. Today we're going to attack the Minor Pentatonic Scale. If you're a visual learner, write this down on a big piece of something in front of you: 1; flat 3; 4; 5; flat 7; 8. Now that's stuck in your brain forever, we're going to manipulate your sound to play with "Sob" Quality. Open your throat, smile, d…

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1. Hi! Warm up, Major Scale & Milk. 18:50

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Fan Mail Portal Hi How are you, come on in! Welcome. This episode will have you warming up and singing some basic Major scale exercises. You can listen to these episodes as a whole, or, every two episodes will have a version with all the chit chat cut out, so you can just use the exercises. Please feel welcome to send through requests, questions an…