loved it thank you! I have a left Paralyzed vocal cord from thyroid cancer surgery. The straw exercises help my paralyzed cord meet up with the functioning vocal cord to help maintain a voice that sounds like me. ;)
I'm so happy to hear you loved it! It does not surprise me that straw exercises have helped you with your paralyzed vocal cord. Thank you for sharing that with me, and I wish you all the best! :)
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Is it normal that I still have air to exhale after I physically can't do bubbles anymore? It feels like I'm holding my breath when I do bubbles, and the first thing I do when it becomes unbearable is exhale, but it looks like you're inhaling directly after. Thanks for the video! 🌟🌟
Hi Maria. You should be exhaling all of your air as you do the exercise, so you wouldn't have any air left to exhale afterward. Make sure you are keeping your chest lifted and open while you do the exercise, all while gently pulling your navel into your spine. You can even imagine your ribcage is expanding while you bring the belly in. That should help you exhale all of your air. Let me know if you're still having trouble after trying that. Good luck!
I would try to keep the bubbles as even as possible even as you descend. It may take a little more breath control to do that. It’s common to want to land a little harder into the bottom. Focus on keeping everything even- volume, intensity, vowel, and the bubbles and see how that goes. Let me know!
As you go higher in your range, you may want to reduce the depth of the straw so that you have a little more airflow and less resistance. You'll have to experiment a bit and find the sweet spot where you still feel the back pressure from the straw/water, but it's not so much that those high notes are more difficult to sing. Using a long scale like an octave and a half is good for working on range. You can find a recording of that on my website under Blogs > Scale Patterns. Let me know how it goes!
Is it normal if I'm really really really out of breath after the first exercise and feel like im suffocating while doing it ? I can only last 20 seconds...
Hi! You will build up more stamina over time. Here are a few things to check in on though. 1. Make sure you are keeping your chest open and lifted. Don't let your ribcage collapse as you exhale. And, don't exhale so far that it feels uncomfortable. 2. Make sure you have the right amount of resistance. In other words, make sure the straw is the right depth into the water. You want it to be a little bit of effort to get the air/sound out. It shouldn't be so easy to get it out that you are actually releasing too much air as you go. Also, I like to use just a normal size straw to do straw in water. Not the tiny ones or the smoothie/bobo size ones. See if these tips help, and let me know how it goes!
@@theunlimitedvoice thank you so much ! By the way, my straw is a SOVT straw, it's made for straw phonation and I use it with the "least resistance setting". Thank you again for your advices, and that awesome video :) your exercises are really great ❤️
@@Kimnamjoon2.0 That's awesome! Is your straw meant for both SOVT in and out of water, or just out of water? What kind is it? You may need to use more resistance if you're running out of air! Thanks so much for writing in, glad you are finding these helpful! :) x
@@theunlimitedvoice it's a straw for both in and out of water. It has different configurations to get different amounts of pressure. I think you could find it on google with all the informations, it's pretty sophisticated 😅
Just breathing through the straw won't help phonation. If you want to improve your voice, you'd need to make sound through the straw. What are you trying to achieve with it?
Hi! Thanks for asking! You can breathe IN through your nose, but when you are on the exhale (whether it's just air or making sound) it should all be coming out of the straw. No air should be escaping through the nose on the exhale. Let me know if that answers your question!
I had a hard time feeling a buzzing sensation in my lips as well when I first learned this. I think it's very subtle, and I feel it more when I'm in my lower notes. Do you feel like you are doing it correctly other than not feeling the buzzing in the lips? You might be doing just fine. Have you tried any straw exercises without using the water yet?
This is fantastic - thank you so much, Annie! I’m so glad I discovered your very effective straw phonation vocal exercises!!
Thanks, Susan! Happy to hear it worked for you! I have a few more videos on straw singing. You can check those out! 😊
@@theunlimitedvoice Yes, I’m going to explore more of your straw videos. Thank you very much for producing them!
Thanks Annie, its really Nice & Powerful
You're very much welcome! Glad to hear that ❤
loved it thank you! I have a left Paralyzed vocal cord from thyroid cancer surgery. The straw exercises help my paralyzed cord meet up with the functioning vocal cord to help maintain a voice that sounds like me. ;)
I'm so happy to hear you loved it! It does not surprise me that straw exercises have helped you with your paralyzed vocal cord. Thank you for sharing that with me, and I wish you all the best! :)
Thanks. Great demonstration of good exercises
I'm so glad you found it helpful. Thank you for the feedback!
Kinda cannot believe I'm actually trying to do this... but here goes! :D Thank you !
Let me know how it goes or if any questions pop up!
Oh my thank you so muchhh this was amazing you really deserve more subscribers❣️
It my dream to be a k pop idol you are really helping me reach my dreammm thank youu💜💜💜
Thanks so much! You got this!
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Thank you Annie!
My pleasure!
Is it normal that I still have air to exhale after I physically can't do bubbles anymore? It feels like I'm holding my breath when I do bubbles, and the first thing I do when it becomes unbearable is exhale, but it looks like you're inhaling directly after.
Thanks for the video! 🌟🌟
Hi Maria. You should be exhaling all of your air as you do the exercise, so you wouldn't have any air left to exhale afterward. Make sure you are keeping your chest lifted and open while you do the exercise, all while gently pulling your navel into your spine. You can even imagine your ribcage is expanding while you bring the belly in. That should help you exhale all of your air. Let me know if you're still having trouble after trying that. Good luck!
Is it normal to find that the bubbles get bigger/stronger when you descend into your lower range? Or is that because my breath control is a bit off?
I would try to keep the bubbles as even as possible even as you descend. It may take a little more breath control to do that. It’s common to want to land a little harder into the bottom. Focus on keeping everything even- volume, intensity, vowel, and the bubbles and see how that goes. Let me know!
hii should my straw be shallow or deep for range extension?
As you go higher in your range, you may want to reduce the depth of the straw so that you have a little more airflow and less resistance. You'll have to experiment a bit and find the sweet spot where you still feel the back pressure from the straw/water, but it's not so much that those high notes are more difficult to sing. Using a long scale like an octave and a half is good for working on range. You can find a recording of that on my website under Blogs > Scale Patterns. Let me know how it goes!
Is it normal if I'm really really really out of breath after the first exercise and feel like im suffocating while doing it ? I can only last 20 seconds...
Hi! You will build up more stamina over time. Here are a few things to check in on though. 1. Make sure you are keeping your chest open and lifted. Don't let your ribcage collapse as you exhale. And, don't exhale so far that it feels uncomfortable. 2. Make sure you have the right amount of resistance. In other words, make sure the straw is the right depth into the water. You want it to be a little bit of effort to get the air/sound out. It shouldn't be so easy to get it out that you are actually releasing too much air as you go. Also, I like to use just a normal size straw to do straw in water. Not the tiny ones or the smoothie/bobo size ones. See if these tips help, and let me know how it goes!
@@theunlimitedvoice thank you so much !
By the way, my straw is a SOVT straw, it's made for straw phonation and I use it with the "least resistance setting".
Thank you again for your advices, and that awesome video :) your exercises are really great ❤️
@@Kimnamjoon2.0 That's awesome! Is your straw meant for both SOVT in and out of water, or just out of water? What kind is it? You may need to use more resistance if you're running out of air! Thanks so much for writing in, glad you are finding these helpful! :) x
@@theunlimitedvoice it's a straw for both in and out of water. It has different configurations to get different amounts of pressure. I think you could find it on google with all the informations, it's pretty sophisticated 😅
@@Kimnamjoon2.0 That sounds like a great straw!
Does this work as well as simply breathing through a straw?
Just breathing through the straw won't help phonation. If you want to improve your voice, you'd need to make sound through the straw. What are you trying to achieve with it?
In the first example are you breathing through your nose while breathing out?
Hi! Thanks for asking! You can breathe IN through your nose, but when you are on the exhale (whether it's just air or making sound) it should all be coming out of the straw. No air should be escaping through the nose on the exhale. Let me know if that answers your question!
@@theunlimitedvoice amazing thank you 😊
What if I don't feel buzzing sensation in lips?
I had a hard time feeling a buzzing sensation in my lips as well when I first learned this. I think it's very subtle, and I feel it more when I'm in my lower notes. Do you feel like you are doing it correctly other than not feeling the buzzing in the lips? You might be doing just fine. Have you tried any straw exercises without using the water yet?