Many singers from beginners to experienced ones are shy to start taking singing lessons for several reasons. One of the reasons is that it’s not common knowledge what happens during the singing lessons and what are they for. So we listed a few things what you can learn both in Continue Reading
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SOVT: A Weird Name That Conceals A Powerful Vocal Exercise
SOVT or semi-occluded-vocal-tract means simply that the mouth is kept partially closed during vocalizing. This is the case when you hum, do the lip roll, slide with /ng/ or sing a melody with a rolling /r/, for instance. In addition, many voice teachers utilize phonating through a straw or a Continue Reading
Vocal Fry Is A Vocal Register And An Effect
Vocal Fry As A Register Vocal fry is a vocal register. It is located below the chest register – therefore in the lowest part of the vocal range. Irregular Vibration Vocal fry is one of the vibratory patterns of the vocal folds. It is usually considered as a healthy way Continue Reading
6 Tips For Breathing In Choirs
1. Adapt Your Breath To The Singing Style There is not just one correct way to breath in singing. It depends on the singing style. Roughly (but not only!) one could say that classical styles need a deeper inhalation than pop-, rock & jazz styles that use more speech-like voice. Continue Reading
Choral Dream: Clear And Bright Harmonies
Choirs are different and so are their sounds. It’s common for all the choirs and ensembles that they pursue clear and bright harmonies no matter the music style. Here are a few things to try out to improve the choral sound and the harmonies further. Mutual Habit To Use The Continue Reading
Passaggio – A Transition Between Registers
If you are not familiar with vocal registers, please read an article about them first. One Of The Foundations In Classical Singing Passaggio (or bridge) is a term used in classical singing. It describes the transition from a vocal register to another. In contemporary commercial music term vocal break is Continue Reading
If You Want To Improve Your Singing Learn To Feel How You Sing
Imitating is an important part of developing singing skills. A small child learns to speak by trying to repeat again and again the words he hears from his parents. In the beginning, also singing is learned by listening, imitating and PRACTICING. An another skill is however needed for deeper learning: Continue Reading
Acoustics: What Is The Overtone Series?
Vibration of the true vocal folds creates pitch. The pitch that we hear when we sing a note is called the fundamental frequency. Even though we think we hear only one pitch, a series of overtones or harmonics is also present. The phenomenon can be seen through a a real-time Continue Reading
How To Sing Correctly?
When asking about the goals for singing lessons many students say that they want to learn to sing correctly. For further question about what singing correctly means to them, the answer can be anything between correct breathing and singing in a way that sounds good to a precise description. Sometimes Continue Reading
What Is Breath Support In Singing?
Many singing teachers state that the breath support is a key to solve several singing related problems. What is breath support and how is it done? What is the correct way to breath in singing? ”Support With The Breath” There is no voice without airflow. It is the energy that Continue Reading