Quote Originally Posted by Miss_Lulu View Post
before i start singing any songs, my choir instructer always makes us say our vowels and hold them out.
she also makes us go up and down the scale on our numbers from 1 to 8.
each time you go up a number you go up a pitch.

that really helps me.
Wow, that sound risky. Especially considering pronunciation of the numbers... just complicates things. Solfege or vowel sounds would be safer and instruct good vowel shapes on long notes.