Today we dive deeply into the beautiful world of vocal onset. Onset is an essential phase of sound production. Every time you vocalize you have an onset! Because of that, it's so important to ensure our initial attack to the sound is efficient, stable, and supportive towards our goals.

Often times when students explore voice feminization, the effort applied towards resonance or pitch degrades the quality of their onset. It's important to be aware of these mistakes to work towards improving them. Additionally, beginners tend to try "overcontrolling" their voice where they actively try and think about making sound manually. This attempt to micromanage the voice tends to cause awkward and stilted onsets.

Awkward and stilted onsets -- accidental unbalanced onsets encourage instability and turbulence in the voice.

Today we will dissect everything you need to know about vocal onset.

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00:00 Intro
00:25 Table of Contents
00:46 Onset Basics
01:55 Why We Care
02:43 Where Onsets Come From
03:39 Quality: Breathy
03:58 Quality: Blocked
04:33 Quality: Balanced
05:55 Onset Rate
06:55 Rate: Abrupt
07:10 Rate: Gradual
07:45 Various Combinations of Onset
08:27 FIVE HUGE MISTAKES PLEASE WATCH
08:43 Mistake 1: Coughed Onset - Complex Inefficient Onset
09:50 Mistake 2: Scraped and Constantly Breathy Onsets
10:32 Mistake 3: Blocking and Squeezing from Overworking Resonance
11:10 Mistake 4: Too Much Pressure in Onset
12:45 Mistake 5: Mental Blocks / Overthinking
14:49 Gender & Phonetics
17:10 Guided Practice
21:20 Practice Notes
22:20 Summary
25:11 Conclusion