For Learners
How your voice works
When you can’t see or really feel it, the voice can be a mystery. Now, thanks to advances in science you can get a look at how your voice works, making it easier to understand how to sing better and more healthily.
For Learners
Natural Inhalation (Breathing Like Normal)
Many people come into singing and discover they don’t know how to breathe. Well. Kinda. For singing, you need a very specific kind of breath, one which makes use of your whole lung capacity on the way in, and which you can control as you breath out. There are lots Read more…
For Learners
Old Wives’ Say: “Thou Shalt Not Eat Dairy”
One of the things that is often said in singing circles is that eating dairy products causes the body to produce more mucus and phlegm, so singers should avoid it on the day of performances. However, I was astonished to discover recently that this isn’t strictly true… Dairy does seem to Read more…
For Learners
How the Voice Works – A Guide for Singers
Following on from the post last week about how breathing works, here’s a quick guide to how the voice works. There are four parts to the voice the air pressure system, the vibratory system, the resonating system, and the modifying system. Each of these works to create the sounds we Read more…
For Learners
How Breathing Works: A Guide for Singers
When I started taking singing lessons, I never expected that I would come to know so much about the human body. I’m still not convinced that anatomy is my favourite subject, but it’s vital for singers and singing teachers to understand what’s going on in the body. The very first Read more…