LONG TONES<\/strong><\/p>\n Seated circle breathes together. Eyes are closed and focus is inward. The circle ends when it ends.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n From the work of Rhiannon<\/em> http:\/\/www.RhiannonMusic.com<\/a><\/p>\n WORD CIRCLE<\/strong><\/p>\n PHASE ONE<\/p>\n Around the circle, one at a time, each person spew forth 3 words. Keep the circle moving, each person beginning immediately after the person before them. No planning, no editing. The words do not need to connect nor make sense.<\/p>\n Go around the circle numerous times, until the words are really flowing.<\/p>\n PHASE TWO<\/p>\n Same as Phase One, except this time you are telling story. Each person tells a story, that flows organically. It does not need to make sense and can travel from one universe to another. Finish in mid-sentence… The next person picks up the story line and takes it somewhere new and unknown, and so on around the circle.<\/p>\n Go around the circle numerous times, until the words are really flowing.<\/p>\n PHASE THREE<\/p>\n Same as Phase Two but this time sing the stories.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n Created by the Atlanta Improv Circle<\/em><\/p>\n Inspired by Rhiannon’s Word Circle<\/em><\/p>\n TUNE TALE<\/strong><\/p>\n This exercise is fun coming out of Word Circle as a warm up.<\/em><\/p>\n Person One improvises a story\/song, letting their imagination carry them verbally and musically. The story does not need to be literal or sequential. Within the improvisation, find a Motor and start looping it. Look at Person Two and invite them in.<\/p>\n Person Two improvises over Person One’s Motor, continuing the story and taking it to new places. When ready, find an Interlocking part and start looping it to interface with Person One’s part. Look at Person Three and invite them in.<\/p>\n And so on, around the circle.<\/p>\n The last person can conduct the music out in whatever way they choose.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n Created by Karen Porkka<\/a>, Edmonton Canada<\/em><\/p>\n Also known as “Solo In \/ Solo Out”<\/em><\/p>\n PORKKA’S PORTAL<\/strong><\/p>\n Group stands around the edges of the room in silence.<\/p>\n One person is moved to begin singing and moving toward the center of the circle. Continue improvised singing for as long as you want, and then come to a Motor and begin looping it.<\/p>\n Another person is moved to improvise over that Motor and enters the Circle singing, enjoying the connection with the first person’s part and feeling the freedom of creating a solo over that. When ready, they find an interlocking part and begin looping it.<\/p>\n A third person moves in singing, finds a part to loop, and so on until everyone is in the circle holding a repeated pattern.<\/p>\n When everyone is in, Person One solos over the whole, and slowly makes their way out of the circle and stops singing.<\/p>\n People continue to leave the circle in the order they came in, finally leaving the last person in to sing a solo to finish.<\/p>\n VARIATION<\/p>\n The last person in can take their final solo and turn it into a new Motor, and the Portal begins again in a new order.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n by Elise Witt<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a9 Non Si Sa Mai Music ASCAP<\/em><\/p>\n Recorded on Elise’s CD “We’re All Born Singing”<\/a> on EMWorld Records<\/em><\/p>\n\n\t
\nExhale on a musical pitch and hold that pitch for the duration of the exhale.
\nListen to the chord that you are part of. Sing out your ears, listening to your own sound and the sound of the room. Keep the body loose and gently moving.<\/p>\nWord Circle<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t
Tune Tale<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t
Porkka’s Portal<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t
A Singer<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t