[Menvi-discuss] need help with voice lesson issues

[kelsey nicolay]

Hello,
I recently started taking voice lessons with a new instructor.  
We have a competition coming up in a week, but we are running 
into some major roadblocks.  First, my teacher is trying to teach 
me how to open my mouth more when I sing.  She tells me that my 
jaw goes forward instead of going down (hope that makes sense.) 
Does anyone have any tips on getting me to understand the 
difference? Also, in a voice and articulation class I am taking, 
we are working a lot with posture.  The instructor has been 
teaching us to keep our feet parallel underneath our hips.  He 
has begun using tape to help guide my foot placement, but is 
there another way of reinforcing this concept without using the 
tape so I don't become dependent on the tape being there all the 
time? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,