Improve Your Pitch
Many people who want to learn how to sing have been continuously told that they are
tone deaf and can't sing. This only contributes to a person's belief that he or she is
hopeless with regard to becoming a singer. Dispelling this belief is the first part of
what we do. If the human ear can distinguish tones in the speaking voice: tones of joy,
humor, sadness, sarcasm, volume, and intensity-then it can be trained to hear the
tones which make up notes. We retrain that part of our brain to sing what we hear-not
what the untrained part of our musical brain thinks it hears. So we are relying on our
brain as well as our ear. Even if you've suffered a partial hearing loss, your brain can
be trained to better hear the notes before you sing them so that there is a better
chance they will come out on pitch.
Increase Your Vocal Range
Who wouldn't want to be able to reach notes that seem impossibly high or incredibly
low? While there may be some limitations on our range based on our particular voice
type, the range is largely expandable in both directions high and low.The exercises
are designed in part to push past where we think are our highest and lowest points.
Shift the Sound Passage
Shifting the focus from deep down in the throat is a big part of what we use in training.
The idea is to take the strain off of the vocal chords, and change the part of our
anatomy where the sound passes through. We need the vocal chords to produce
sound, but we use various parts of the face, throat, and diaphgram for the execution.
This all happens at about the speed of light.
Supportive Diaphragmatic Breathing
Part of achieving a wider range is learning proper breathing. Proper breathing also
keeps us on key and prevents our voice from wavering when we don't want it to. It's all
about controlling the voice, and proper support through breathing correctly is
essential. Students find this to be especially true on extremely low parts of their range.
When everything is expanded and tightened in all the right places, those low notes
are much less of a challenge. Our breathing technique for singing is much different
than our normal breathing. Although, if we apply both the breathing and placement
techniques in our speaking voice, we can become much stronger public speakers.
We introduce the breathing once students are comfortable with the general change in
placement that the first part of training introduces.
Visualization Techniques
This is where the power of the brain comes in. We can actually use parts of the brain
to fool other parts of the brain into perceiving and processing things differently. We
get up over the notes, instead of perceiving the notes as being over us. We use our
mind to visualize stepping down upon higher notes, causing the brain to behave as if
these notes are reachable. Students are always amazed by the improvement that
results from changing the way they look at notes. We introduce the breathing once
students are comfortable with the general change in placement that the first part of
training introduces.
Enunciation and Phrasing
When notes are pronounced clearly, the end result is a stronger, more controlled and
pleasant sound. We want to change ts sounds into clear t sounds and dz sounds into
clear d sounds. We tend to do this to our t's and d's is our every day speech. When
singing we concentrate on crisp, clear sound that is a result of facial muscle control
as well as proper placement and breathing. It can make a tremendous difference in
one's overall performance.
Many people who want to learn how to sing have been continuously told that they are
tone deaf and can't sing. This only contributes to a person's belief that he or she is
hopeless with regard to becoming a singer. Dispelling this belief is the first part of
what we do. If the human ear can distinguish tones in the speaking voice: tones of joy,
humor, sadness, sarcasm, volume, and intensity-then it can be trained to hear the
tones which make up notes. We retrain that part of our brain to sing what we hear-not
what the untrained part of our musical brain thinks it hears. So we are relying on our
brain as well as our ear. Even if you've suffered a partial hearing loss, your brain can
be trained to better hear the notes before you sing them so that there is a better
chance they will come out on pitch.
Increase Your Vocal Range
Who wouldn't want to be able to reach notes that seem impossibly high or incredibly
low? While there may be some limitations on our range based on our particular voice
type, the range is largely expandable in both directions high and low.The exercises
are designed in part to push past where we think are our highest and lowest points.
Shift the Sound Passage
Shifting the focus from deep down in the throat is a big part of what we use in training.
The idea is to take the strain off of the vocal chords, and change the part of our
anatomy where the sound passes through. We need the vocal chords to produce
sound, but we use various parts of the face, throat, and diaphgram for the execution.
This all happens at about the speed of light.
Supportive Diaphragmatic Breathing
Part of achieving a wider range is learning proper breathing. Proper breathing also
keeps us on key and prevents our voice from wavering when we don't want it to. It's all
about controlling the voice, and proper support through breathing correctly is
essential. Students find this to be especially true on extremely low parts of their range.
When everything is expanded and tightened in all the right places, those low notes
are much less of a challenge. Our breathing technique for singing is much different
than our normal breathing. Although, if we apply both the breathing and placement
techniques in our speaking voice, we can become much stronger public speakers.
We introduce the breathing once students are comfortable with the general change in
placement that the first part of training introduces.
Visualization Techniques
This is where the power of the brain comes in. We can actually use parts of the brain
to fool other parts of the brain into perceiving and processing things differently. We
get up over the notes, instead of perceiving the notes as being over us. We use our
mind to visualize stepping down upon higher notes, causing the brain to behave as if
these notes are reachable. Students are always amazed by the improvement that
results from changing the way they look at notes. We introduce the breathing once
students are comfortable with the general change in placement that the first part of
training introduces.
Enunciation and Phrasing
When notes are pronounced clearly, the end result is a stronger, more controlled and
pleasant sound. We want to change ts sounds into clear t sounds and dz sounds into
clear d sounds. We tend to do this to our t's and d's is our every day speech. When
singing we concentrate on crisp, clear sound that is a result of facial muscle control
as well as proper placement and breathing. It can make a tremendous difference in
one's overall performance.
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