“What a great performance!” When the audience is blown away by the singer’s interpretation, it is often that listeners are able to emphathize with the emotions that the singer felt during the performance. Sometimes the experience even works in both ways. The experience has then been mutual and shared among Continue Reading
6 Things That Are Good To Know About Singing Lessons
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
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
Chiaroscuro: Union Of Brightness And Darkness
In classical singing the term chiaroscuro (ital.) is used to describe a sound ideal when both the brightness (chiaro) and the darkness (oscuro) are present at the same time. Combining these two extremes creates a rich sound with a broad spectrum of overtones. In classical singing the ideal goal 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
Breathing In Belting
Belting is a powerful and loud voice quality. The power of belting is not a result of excessive air pressure to the true vocal folds but a longer closure time of the true vocal folds. Adjusting the airflow to the ”settings” of belting in the larynx and in the vocal Continue Reading