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Improve your Phrasing when Singing
Phrasing The way you communicate is pretty important. Specifically, the way you shape your sung phrases can determine how well you deliver the message to your audience. So, in this video, we are going to learn more about phrasing when singing…we’re literally going to learn about the long and the short of it. Despite defying…
View PostStop Running out of Breath when Singing
Breath Management Exercises Your lack of breath management not only interrupts the phrase being sung but it also severely impacts on your singing performance affecting, pitch, range and style. When you watch this video in its entirety, you’ll not only have a better understanding of how your body breathes for singing, you’ll also have the…
View PostPosture Self-Assessment for Singers
Good Posture You already know that good posture is essential for singers and that having a well-aligned body is foundational to developing a great voice. But how do you know when your body is aligned optimally? Is there an effective way to self-assess your body alignment and overall posture? Yes, and in this video, I’m…
View PostCan you sing these three difficult singing exercises?
Difficult Singing Exercises It’s time to challenge your singing voice with three difficult singing exercises. I wonder how your voice will cope…especially the third exercise…it’s a real doozy! If you’re looking to challenge your voice, then this is it! These singing exercises are going to challenge your range, your breath, and your registration transitions…and the…
View PostThe Learn to Sing Journey
Vocal Development Are we there yet? Every parent has heard these words winged from the back seat on a long summer vacation drive. We all want to arrive, but when it comes to vocal development how do you know when you’ve reached your destination? As you develop your technical skills and as you start to…
View PostFix your Singing PITCH
Singing Minor Triads Better pitch doesn’t just happen. You have to develop your intonation with intentional activities, so I’ve got three singing exercises for you today that I know will improve your pitch accuracy. Today we’ll be singing minor triads as well as a minor arpeggio. I have a couple of other ‘pitch development’ videos…
View PostCry Voice Quality for Voice Constriction Relief
Cry Voice Quality There are many excellent ways to train the voice to sing with better balance, but today we are going to zone in on a vocal quality known as Cry. The ‘cry voice quality’ is a part of the Estill Voice Training Method. Cry voice can be used as an intentional resonance setup…
View PostEverything you need to know about Vocal TWANG
Vocal Twang Vocal Twang is one of those things that seems to fall in and out of favour among vocal pedagogues. I’ve always celebrated the benefits of Twang, instructing my students in the advantage of the clear, focused resonance that it provides. There seems to be some confusion out there in YouTube land about vocal…
View PostFive note scales that pack a punch!
Pentatonic Scales Learning how to sing pentatonic scales is great fun and super important if you want to sing genres like rock, pop and RnB. Teaching your ear to hear the nuance of both the major and minor pentatonic tonalities empowers your voice to be more responsive to the stylistic nuance needed to sing modern…
View PostHow to develop a RASPY SINGING VOICE
Raspy Singing Voice How do you develop a raspy singing voice? Singing with a clean, balanced tone is not always a desirable aesthetic in contemporary genres like rock, country and even jazz. Sometimes you want to add a rough, raspy quality to your voice to enhance the overall sound. Is it ok to have a…
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