There is a saying in dance “learn the rules like a pro, and then break them”. It’s perfectly appropriate for singing as well. Freedom to express yourself is directly related to the amount of control you have over your voice. With good singing technique, you have equal control of your high, middle and low registers. … Read more
There’s a big difference between the larynx rising and the larynx tilting. Too much raising of the larynx will only cause you grief. You are basically choking yourself into a squeezed sound with nowhere to resonate. Tilting the larynx, on the other hand, will allow you to sing in your high register because the cords … Read more
There are three main areas of resonance for the voice. The chest, the head and what I like to refer to as the middle. This is the mouth (soft and hard palate) and the back of the throat…..also known as the oropharynx. This resonance happens easiest when you have a balance of chest register and head register … Read more
The body is an unique instrument and these are unique times. The voice can make soft, loud, breathy, scratchy, raspy, whiney, yelly, low, screechy, shouty, deep, high, thick, shallow…..sounds. That’s right. We can make almost any sound we want. There’s no right or wrong. Only safe. Think of a ventriliquist. He can make some amazing … Read more
What is a yodel? It’s simply a defined change in register from your low “voice” to your high “voice”. Can you make your voice yodel? I actually have trouble doing it. My mixed “middle” voice is so well connected that imitating a yodel takes a certain coordination for me. If you are a trained singer … Read more