down baby down!ĭropping the chest as you sing is the number one cause of a lack of breath control and vocal strain. Helpful suggestions to drop the tongue are: imagine you have a sock in the back of your mouth, imagine you are swallowing vitamins or drinking a glass of water…. Think about dropping your tongue before you sing and during singing to help you control your voice. Sometimes you have to practice it for a bit before it lowers (you can’t force it). Open your mouth, take a gentle yawn and see if you can drop the back of your tongue at the beginning of the yawn. A high tongue is the number one reason for nasality, problems with transitions through the “break”, and a tight tense voice. I’m talking about the back of your tongue. Singing with a high tongue causes all kinds of problems. You’ll notice really good singers don’t lift their chins for high notes. Reach down for high notes, lifts for low notes. As it rises a heavy chain pulls it down (that’s your high notes). This brings more sound and volume to your voice. It is one of the ways to open your throat before and during singing.ĭrop your jaw down when singing vowels. Practice some of your vocal exercises with a pinch to improve laryngeal depth. That stretch is really good for opening your throat. Now, keeping your fingers at the top of your throat and pinch your cheeks between your teeth hard. Did you feel your throat move down? Hopefully. Lay your fingers across the top of your throat. Get your diaphragm working for you instead of against you. That’s the ONLY way the diaphragm will drop and pull air into the deeper recesses of your lungs. 360 degrees around your empire waist (just under your breasts) needs to expand outwards. If you want to sing, you’ve got to breathe into your ribs and back. Your abdomen is a starting point but it’s not even half of the battle.
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