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 with your tummy expanding and hold for 5 seconds, then slowly breath out of the mouth. Breath in through...
In this lesson we are going to look at the strengthening of the abdomen and relaxing your throat when you are singing. In the last lesson I mentioned the practice of the trill. The vibration of the lips. Have a go at doing this again. This time be aware of your abdomen tightening. This is area that...
In this lesson we are going to look at you finding the genre that suits your voice. I like to work with the authenticity of individual singing voices. Brass instruments have their own individual sounds. There’s no point in trying to make the trombone sound like a trumpet. We are all unique...
The human voice is made up of tones and textures. The goal to finding what styles your voice can sing in comfortably, is the key at the start of learning to sing. There’s no point in choosing a song that is way above your capability. In the beginning the simpler the better. It is easier to work...
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...
To us at My Singing Lessons, a strong and powerful voice is one that is clearly audible and not strained, and is also bright and clear in tone. And so, how do we achieve a voice that has such qualities? Certainly, pushing with more breath is not an option. What that does is to make our voices more...
So why should you take a certified music teacher training course? Well for a start, you’ll attract more students when they know your approved to teach with ‘Become A Music Teacher‘. You will...
