Breath support is something I’ve struggled with for years. I’m a light weighted person, having some medical issues. My body doesn’t always feel energized. Because of this I’ve had problems feeling my breath support working for me. A couple of months ago, I was having some difficulties again and I took my dumbbells and
December is the busiest time of year for me. Beside teaching my students I also have to sing a lot of concerts myself. Last december was no exeption. Unfortunately I had two terrible colds in four weeks. The first cold evolved into a bronchitis and I struggled to sing the first Christmas Concert of the year. The
Italy has a rich tradition of singing. Many great singers are Italian, like Luciano Pavarotti. Andrea Bocelli, Enrico Caruso, and many others. One of the great Italian singers is Franco Corelli, a tenor. He had a very specific way of supporting high notes. When you sing, you need to use breath support. Especially the higher notes
There are many muscles in your throat, connecting your tongue, jaws, larynx and your scull with each other. When there is too much tension you will have difficulty making the voice sounds free. Too much tension also prevents your larynx from tilting. A good way to relax your throat, jaw and tongue is to do the
Marc Martel, singer of the band Downhere, turns out to be a very talented singer. He can sing both Queen’s Somebody to love and Puccini’s Nessun Dorma. Marc has an outstanding talent for producing different sounds. In this video he tells about the way he managed to sing with a classical vocal technique by imitating great singers
Lady Gaga is famous for her unconventional outfits, concerts and music. She scored hits like ‘Born This Way’, ‘Bad Romance’, ‘Poker Face’ and others. Not all successfull pop artists are great singers. They don’t need to because a good voice is only a part of what you need as pop star. However, the better the voice, the
What is the purpose of a vocal warming up? If you ask singers and conductors this question they will give you more than one reason. There is more to it than only a warming up of the muscles. What you want to achieve with the warming up determines what exercises you do. For example, a singer would
There are some things you need to know if you want to improve the upper range of your voice: You can sing higher if you sing with thin vocal folds. A tilted larynx will help as well and be aware that your larynx needs to lift a little when you sing super high notes. If
While improving your vocal technique, you will encounter an unexpected problem; your ears do not tell the truth! The majority of sound you produce enters your ear from the inside. That is to say, the sound of your voice reaches your ear by traveling through your throat, your mouth, your nose, muscles, bones, etc. It
I’ve been singing since I was 7 years old. At that age I started to sing in a children’s choir and I started having piano lessons. I wanted to study music at a conservatory but my parents thought it would be better to choose another profession and enjoy music as a hobby. I thought their opinion made