The document discusses damaging vocal techniques that can negatively impact vocal health. It covers techniques like flat tongue singing, jaw forward singing, straight-tone singing, improper smiling, breathy singing, and things that can cause vocal fatigue. Maintaining good vocal health through proper technique is essential for singers to have healthy voices and continue singing for many years.

1. DamagingVocal
Techniques

2. Vocal system
• TheVocal system is made of three main parts,
which each has it’s own components:
– Lungs
– Larynx
– Mouth

3. Vocal System
• But from those main parts the most
important component is inside the Larynx
– The vocal folds
• These produce the sound

4. Sound Production
• To produce sound the vocal chords have to vibrate
• Which is done when air passes through them.
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5. Why DamagingVocal techniques?
• Because ke
Why DamagingVocalTechniques?
• Maintaining vocal health is essencial to maintaining your voice.
• To be able to sing without problems in the
future is the main objective of this class
• If you have good vocal health you can sing for years to come.

6. FlatTongue Singing
• Singer tries to create space in the mouth.
– Pushes tongue back into the pharynx.
• Creates unnatural sound
• Causes Stress in the back of the mouth

7. Jaw ForwardTechnique
• When the singer moves the jaw forward
– “Relaxes the jaw”
– Push in the back of the throat
– Throaty sound

8. Straight-tone Singing
• No vibrato in the voice
– White sound, blending sound
– Going against nature
– Air amount
– Strain in the throat
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XGds2GAvGQ

9. SmilingTechnique
• The singer smiles at the mouth to lift the
cheekbones
– Creates a better resonance space
– Smile should be in the eyes

10. SmilingTechnique
• Smiling with the mouth causes tension
– Raises larynx
– Drops soft palate
– Jaw moves forward

11. BreathyTechnique
• When a singer uses too much air in the voice
– Some people have a natural breathiness
– Forcing it is wrong and detrimental to your voice
• Irritation and reddening of the chords

12. BreathyTechnique
• Some singers try to imitate breathy styles
– Proper technique
• Experimenting
– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-
XGds2GAvGQ

13. Vocal Fatigue
• Vocal fatigue occurs when the voice is tired
• Many things can cause vocal fatigue
– Mostly vocal abuse and poor vocal health