Great ways to loosen those vocal chords before singing. Warm up the vocal chords and control your breath – L2. Stand feet shoulder width apart. Without your shoulders rising breath in through the nose and out through the mouth. Tummy should expand as you breath in. Breath in through the nose...
Here is some top tips, support and guidance for singing teachers moving over to online lessons during the COVID-19 pandemic. WhatsApp, Facebook, Facetime, Skype, Zoom and other online solutions make it possible for singing teaching to carry on when it is not possible for our singing teachers and...
We have been in contact with the Musicians Union who have let us know that they are able to offer our members and their students a joining fee of just £1 for the first 6 Months of joining their service. The terms & conditions of this offer are as follows: You join for £1 offer is only available...
This may go without saying but if you really want to get into been a full time session singer the main thing is to be prepared for almost anything and in this case you will need to be on the ball, fully focused and awake we would also suggest you are warmed up before you arrive to your place of work...
Vocal pitching and key is a very important part of being a singer, because even if you have a beautiful vocal tone, you can sound terrible if you are off key for the song that you are singing. Having the correct pitch when singing is certainly a very basic requirement, and is one of the first few...
Today we will speak about different ways to be a top session singer. First of all we would suggest you connect with as many musicians and studios in your area. Maybe work towards doing jingles for local businesses. The expectations that maybe put upon you for this kind of work will require you...
We have a singing student who comes into class and is always too afraid to sing out loud. She has anxiety problems, and she gets very stressed out whenever she is asked to do something, or to show me what she has been practising at home, or even just to sing a simple major scale.
As such, she...
We had the honour of teaching a group of talented singers and singing teachers. Their voices were suffering after every long day of teaching and coaching at schools, and the worst case was when some of their coaches had hoarse voices for weeks on end, after their busy or intensive teaching stints!...
You should think of your voice as a musical instrument. Like any other acoustic instrument, it has a motor (your breath), a vibrating element (your vocal folds, aka vocal cords), and a resonant chamber (throat, oral cavity, nasal cavity). And just as with any other instrument, proper care and handling...
How do you sing without any tension in your voice? Now it is true that some styles of singing require less stamina than others and therefore can be accomplished with less strength training. In other words, singing a light pop song requires very little “strength” in the sound, whereas singing...
There are many ways to help chill out before singing. For example you can stretch down on the floor and put an object on top of your stomach. The goal here is to make the object jump up and down as you breathe in and out. Achieving this means your diaphragm is descending. It is important to do an...
We get asked this question from singers all of the time – I want to sing higher, or how do I sing lower? This is the gauge of the extent of pitches that a human voice can vocalize. It is used as one of the major elements involved in determining a person’s voice type. Voice types for females...
If you’re a singer, there’s a big chance you’ve heard and/or practised a scale or two in your time. A random word spoken/shouted/sung along with a colourful succession of notes, over and over, and over and over, and over and over, again. Just in case clarity is needed for the last sentence:...
Great singers not only know how to sing well, but they are even better listeners than you would think! This is because when we sing, we need to also listen closely to and monitor our singing pitch, making sure that our vocals are in tune with the key of the music or song accompaniment.
Basic...
Pitch is certainly one of the Basics of Singing, and these pitching tips will help you to correct your pitching through the use of a variety of techniques involving some aural training as well as actual singing! When we sing in pitch, we are usually employing 3 kinds of techniques:
1. Knowing...
