Opera Singers… high notes with closed vowels. A concept I love to teach to singers is the idea of an auxiliary vowel. The first time I heard it was from a friend @Will and I’m pretty sure he heard it from Judith Nicosia. (Correct me if I’m wrong) I liked the idea because it explained what I was feeling when I would use a mixed vowel. In my earlier studies, the mixed vowel was the only way to move through the passaggio without me sounded like I was going to parish after. This concept of the auxil