I am in Zoom choir practice with the community choir I sing with right now.
As a choir director myself, I try to keep an open mind with our director's ideas, but this one thing consistently bugs me.
He always has us close on final voiced consonants at phrase endings. This drives me nuts because it's nearly impossible for the ensemble to release cleanly.
Shadow vowels are The Way to do this properly, and I will fight anyone who says otherwise.
That is all.
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