Have you ever wondered how to relax your tongue when you sing? Or do you wonder why tongue tension could be an issue when singing? Well this is the article for you.
How to Relax Your Tongue When You Sing
Voice Lessons
What Makes a Singer Sound Good
If you have every wondered about what makes a singer sound good then this is the blog post you have been waiting for.
How to Keep Teaching Music Through Quarantine
If you are a music teacher one of the questions that we have all had to ask ourselves is how do I keep teaching music through the quarantine?
What is Vocal Resonance
Today we are going to learn about Vocal Resonance.
Vocal Resonance
All sound has sound waves that vibrate the surfaces it comes in contact with. In the body there are a number of cavities that the voice bounces around in like the chest, mouth and nasal cavities. So vocal resonance refers to how the voice resonates and vibrates in the body. Based on where your voice is vibrating it will create a different sound.
My Singing Sounds Bad
What do you when your singing sounds bad? Is there hope to correct this? Today we are going to take a look at this.
The Reason Why You Might Not Like the Sound of Your Voice
You might not like the sound of your voice because you mostly hear the sound resonating in your head. So you hear your voice resonating in your body but not how it interacts with the room. The sound waves of your voice interact both internally with your body but also externally with the room. This is why you may hear your self recorded and be shocked that your voice sounds super nasal. The more you listen to yourself recorded the more you will train your ear to adjust the way you hear. Also when you’re recording yourself make sure that you are using a good microphone so you are hear yourself correctly.
…The Greatest Vocal Exercise of All Time
Today we are going to take a look at the greatest vocal exercise of all time.
Now I know that there are so many wonderful vocal exercises out there but I believe that one of the best would have to be the Lip Buzz or Lip Trill.
Compression Verses Strain on Vocal Chords
Today we are going to take a look at compression verses strain on the vocal chords. Its is important to make sure that we have enough Compression for a clear sound but not strain.
Compression
So why do you compression? Compression is important for you to be able to have enough cord closure that you don’t just end up with a breathy sound. It will also help with you being able to have a strong enough sound that you can project your voice. Compression also helps to create stability to your voice.
How Do I Sing On Tune?
Have you ever wondered how to sing on tune? Or have you wondered what that means to sing on tune? Well we are going to answer those questions today.
Is It Possible To Learn How to Sing on Tune?
This is one of the questions that I get asked often. And I understand why because it can be frustrating when you don’t know how to stay on tune. I believe that it is possible to learn proper tuning. There are two big things that gets in the way of people learning this.
…How Do You Increase Your Vocal Range?
One of the questions I get often about singing is “How do you increase your vocal range?” We all want to sing higher and lower and that is one of the key ways to improving your voice.
Things That Get in the Way of You Improving
There are three main culprits that get in the way of us increasing our vocal range.
- Tension – One of the big barriers to our vocal range is tension. Tense muscles push on your vocal chords limiting your vocal range. When you can relax you will find it easier to hit your notes.
- Your Mental Game – A lot of singing comes down to your mental game. When you tell yourself that you can’t reach those high notes you make it harder to sing.
- Practice – Increasing your vocal range take lots of practice and repetition. If you aren’t singing those high and low notes regularly you won’t be able to reach them. You should be working on your vocal range daily in order to increase and improve your vocal range. If you aren’t practicing it won’t get better.
Breathing
Breathing is essential to singing because when you sing the breath passes over the vocal chords and creates sound. Without breath there is no sound.
How to Breathe
If you look at a baby when they breathe you would notice that they use their stomach (diaphragm muscles). As they breathe in their stomach relaxes and pushes out to allow air into the lungs. When they breathe out the diaphragm muscles draw into the body. The problem is that we can carry stress in our bodies so we can have a shallower breath.