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Creating The Sounds of Singing

Creating The Sounds of Singing. Journal. As an actor, it is common to freeze in front of an audience. Describe a time you “froze” in front of an audience. What happened to your voice? What happened to your airways? If you could relive the experience, what would you do differently?.

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Creating The Sounds of Singing

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  1. Creating The Sounds of Singing

  2. Journal As an actor, it is common to freeze in front of an audience. • Describe a time you “froze” in front of an audience. • What happened to your voice? • What happened to your airways? • If you could relive the experience, what would you do differently?

  3. Phonation • Phonation - the act of producing vocal sound in either speech or singing. It involves the vocal folds, as well as the breathing mechanisms. • Relaxation of the tongue and throat are crucial in allowing your “best” voice to sing. • Phonation occurs in exhalation. • In singing, the most important word of a phrase is the first word, which requires a proper initiation of air and sound.

  4. Exercises That Help The Singer Learn Proper Phonation Remember to stand in correct singing posture and to breathe properly. • Exercise 1 Think about blowing out birthday candles. Begin to blow and then turn the breath into a "000" sound on a comfortable pitch. Feel the tone begin in the breathing muscles. • Exercise 2 Hiss a familiar song, such as Happy Birthday, using no words or tones, just hissing. • Exercise 3 Any sound that starts with "H" helps the singer begin exhalation before phonation. Start with two short blows, then sing two short "ha"’ sounds on a comfortable pitch. • Repeateach exercise four times.

  5. Exercise #4 • The following exercise is a musical means of practicing the coordinated attack and release. • Observe the note values precisely. • Your attacks should be smooth and quiet. Repeat.

  6. Resonance

  7. Resonance • Resonance- the amplification and enrichment of tones produced by the voice. • Singing with fullness and space. • Without resonance we produce a "thin" sound. • The amount of resonance in the voice is determined by our ability to keep the mouth and head cavities open and relaxed while we sing.

  8. Repeat a note, progressively matching the space and size you see below. • ah • AH • AH • AH • AH

  9. THE VOWEL TUNNEL • TO MATCH RESONANCE, ALL VOWELS NEED TO BE PRODUCED IN THE “AH” SPACE

  10. Soft Palate • Soft Palate- serves as a partition separating the mouth cavity from the nasal cavity. • The soft palate should always be raised when singing. • When you say "ah" at the doctor's office, your soft palate is probably raised. Normal Soft Palate Position Raised Soft Palate Singer’s Position

  11. “The Pinch Test” • To find out if the soft palate is raised while singing vowels, do the pinch test: • Sing a vowel and pinch your nose. • If the sound/tone does not change while your nose is pinched shut, your palate is raised. • If the sound changes to a very nasal tone, the palate is down. • Test yourself often while singing. Learn to feel the difference and consciously think about keeping the palate up.

  12. Exercise #5 The following exercise shows that singers are in control of their soft palate as follows: • The “kuh” sound provides a reflex action that lifts the soft palate. • The “ng” sound allows the palate to drop; • the ‘uh’ then lifts it again.

  13. Advice: Imagine! • Because the singer hears from the inside, sometimes it is difficult to accurately judge the quality of the sound she is hearing. • Imagine your tone coming through: - your cheekbones OR - through your eyes OR - out of the top of your head

  14. Exercise #6 Part of achieving resonance is a natural lifting of the soft palate, often referred to as using the "inside smile”. It allows greater space in the resonating cavities of the head, gives warmth to the tone and assists in raising the soft palate. •Close the mouth, but not the teeth (feeling an openness in the whole oral cavity). •Smile as though you were smiling at someone across the room, a smile you do not wish to be noticed by others. •You’ll feel a slight lifting of the cushions under the eyes and a space opening up over the soft palate.

  15. Exercise #7 • Sing the following exercise slowly, being aware of both your breathing and air:

  16. Exercise #8 • Relax the jaw, • Open and relax the throat • Loosen the back tongue muscles (The tip of the tongue should be touching the lower gum ridge.) • Sing the following exercise.

  17. Exercise #9 • Objective: To strengthen the soft palate and develop the inside arch and the muscles connecting to it, allowing for greater flexibility and resonance.

  18. Resources • www.sweetadelineintl.org/imgul/files/thevocallessonplan.doc

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