Warm up your voice before singing This is so Important ! Before you run, you need to do some warm-up stretches to loosen up your muscles and this is the same in singing. Without vocal exercises you can pull or overstretch the muscles especially the vocal folds in your throat(larynx). About 20 minutes of vocal warm-ups is a good length before you start to sing/perform. So here are 8 vocal exercises that I recorded for you to warm up before singing~ Vocal Exercise 1 Vocal Exercise 2 Vocal Exercise 3 Vocal Exercise 4 Vocal Exercise 5 Vocal Exercise 6 Vocal Exercise 7 Vocal Exercise 8...
Lemon Ginger Chamomile tea may heal your sore throat Are you a singer and have a sore throat? This 'Lemon Ginger Chamomile Tea' can be helpful for your sore throat. Lemon is rich in vitamin C that boosts your immune system and helps remove infections like cold and flu including throat infection. Ginger is an anti-inflammatory and strong natural painkiller and it eases a sore throat. It also helps ease cough, remove mucus and clear sinus. Ginger removes bacteria and toxins, cleans the lymphatic system that is the essential part of the immune system. Chamomile is a very soothing herb. It boosts immune system and has antibacterial, antifungal and anti-inflammatory properties that fight against colds.So the combination of these 3...
Always sip water while you are singing to moisturize your vocal folds and to prevent any vocal injuries. During singing you are required to take a quick breath after each sentence to prepare to sing the next sentence. Through out the continuous repetitive inhalation & exhalation, air constantly travels though the mouth, so your throat & vocal folds get dried up very quickly. So water works as lubricant that makes your throat muscle more relaxed and helps you gain strength since water is an important part of building muscles by expanding cells and decreasing protein breakdown. This tip may sound so simple but it has a significant effect on your body & vocal folds, so drink water slowly by taking...
Music students start a day with ‘Ear Training Class’ in the morning at music colleges & universities. Great musicians have excellent ears. The reason of singing off key is nothing to do with your vocal folds or thoracic diaphragm, or any other parts of your body/instrument but it is to do with your ears that is in charge of your listening ability. The reason you are singing off key is that 'your ears are not trained well yet'. So what is the solution for this problem? Learning to play piano can be very helpful because piano has definite pitch. Musical keyboards are laid out horizontally, so you can easily see what you are playing and by playing it...
What is the difference between Vocal Ranges and Vocal Types? Vocal Range: the distance between your highest note and the lowest note Vocal Type: a specific kind of voice that has common characteristics and qualities such as vocal range, vocal registration, vocal weight, vocal tessitura(best range), timbre, vocal transition points between the vocal registers, vocal register, etc. As you have a specific clothing size that fits your body type, you also have a range that fits your voice type. You probably saw a pitch control that changes keys at karaoke before. You won't look so great in wrong size clothing and this is the same in singing as well. So let's figure out your range(the distance between the highest and...
