HOW TO SING BETTER VOWELS AND FIX THE CRACK IN YOUR VOICE Using an Imagery
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- Опубліковано 7 вер 2024
- In this tutorial, I share some information about why we experience inconsistency in our singing tone and vocal (register) breaks and share an imagery that my students and I find helpful in equalizing our tone and scale.
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So true! The French from France and the French from Quebec pronounce the vowels differently and I was told the French from France have a great advantage in that area. I'm not saying this because I'm actually French from France, of course! The hook imagery is very useful. I've recently been made aware of my tongue retracting back or up on certain vowels and I've been consciously correcting it systematically. It does help a lot.
Hi Karyn😊
This is a great video thank you, love the use of the cup hook to show where to anchor things! Very useful visualisation.
Cheers,
Lin.
Thank you!
i tried this method and at first I struggled until i realized my tongue is what is holding me back. sticking my tongue out and singing to get the sensation helped alongside this method
I asked you this in your Vocal Twang 1.5 video:
I didn't understand the test at the end. On the nasal (2nd ) example, was she nasal when she pinched her nose or before? she didn't hold her nose long enough for me to hear the difference. I can hear the first example where she didnt sound nasal at all , pinch or no pinch, I just couldn't understand the second example. What am I supposed to get from this test? I can't complete my notes without getting this, please and thanks!
Hello,
when she talks about Vertical equalization what video she is referring to?
does anyone knows?
Thank you!
I talk about horizontal and vertical equalization of vowels in a couple videos: ua-cam.com/video/caMf9CtUOko/v-deo.html and ua-cam.com/video/_YEmrTFhHhY/v-deo.html
I have another question for you. I've read an article saying that the more stretch of the pharynx in the middle register, the more presence and fullness of sound. Could you explain it and the way to achieve it? Many thanks!
In classical styles of singing, having more spaciousness inside the throat/pharynx encourages more of the lower overtones in the sound, thus promoting chiaroscuro timbre (a balance of the bright and dark aspects of tone). The pharynx is not usually quite as 'open' in other styles of singing and for certain techniques because resonance is tuned differently, usually with more of the higher overtones represented in the sound. Adequate space inside the pharynx can be achieved with a simple deep inhale (with the breath low) and an UH tongue posture. You don't want to force it by assuming a full yawn posture, with the pharyngeal walls overly distended and the tongue flattened. That will only distort vocal tone and the vowel itself and rob the voice of its ring and carrying power (i.e., its "presence and fullness"). You want a feeling of spaciousness and release inside the throat, but that feeling is actually subjective and changes from vowel to vowel. For example, there is actually more space inside the throat when singing EE than when singing AH, even though our kinaesthesia usually tells us that AH has more space. When the tongue is fronted and higher, there's actually more space inside the pharynx because the tongue root is leaning up against the anterior wall of the pharynx and less of the tongue body is inside the pharyngeal space. Ensuring spaciousness inside the pharynx is another reason why some teachers encourage 'more EE' in our vowels.
Thanks, Karyn! That's very interesting. I really like to understand techniques' mechanical aspect. I should have mentioned that I've been training as a classical singer, not a pop or rock singer! I'm fond of the baroque and romantic styles, so I guess it's more important for me to achieve maximum pharyngeal openness. I've been trying to get higher sound quality in my middle register.
It needs to be understood that maximizing resonance isn't simply a matter of creating more space for resonance inside the throat. The carrying power of the voice comes from tuning that resonance effectively (e.g., tuning formants to harmonics to give them acoustic energy boosts) and from using sufficient vocal effort at that glottal level. And in classical singing the 'depth' in the sound comes more from the comfortably low larynx (which increase 'tube' length) than from trying to make the throat wider. All that's needed to set up the vocal tract for optimal resonance in classical singing is a nice, deep inhale, which encourages the larynx to lower, the pharyngeal constrictor muscles to release, the tongue root to release and lean forward, and the soft palate to elevate. Getting a little bit of a lift of the cheeks up under the eyes at the time of inhalation will also help. Then you sing on that posture. Forming your vowels optimally with your articulators will help you tune your resonance effectively.
Thanks! Your input helps so much! I haven't delved into this too much yet, but I see you have a video on this and I'll check it out. There's so much to learn and take in (I've only been taking lessons for under 11/2 years) that I tend to tackle one thing at a time!
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Bruhhhh your videos are so live! Thankyou my nigga