singing technique

1. ENSURING HEALTHY
SINGING
WITHIN THE CHORAL REHEARSAL.

2. ENSURING HEALTHY SINGING
WITHIN THE CHORAL REHEARSAL.
• POSTURE
• BREATHING
• TONE
• RESONANCE
• AVOIDING FATIGUE

3. POSTURE
“SLOUCHY SKELETON, SLOUCHY SOUNDS”
• Neck and Spine
• Muscles
• Exercises

4. POSTURE
“SLOUCHY SKELETON, SLOUCHY SOUNDS”
• Neck and Spine

5. POSTURE
“SLOUCHY SKELETON, SLOUCHY SOUNDS”
• Muscles

6. POSTURE
“SLOUCHY SKELETON, SLOUCHY SOUNDS”
• Exercises
• Locked knees breathing

7. BREATHING
“I DON’T GASP TO SING, I BREATHE TO SING”
• Low breathing
• Function and location of the diaphragm
• Exercises

8. BREATHING
“I DON’T GASP TO SING, I BREATHE TO SING”
• Low breathing
• Where to feel it
• Bent-over breath exercise
• Application to singing
• Step and go

9. BREATHING
“I DON’T GASP TO SING, I BREATHE TO SING”
• Function of the diaphragm
• General Function - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hp-gCvW8PRY
• Action of ribs- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23-KAubf-js

10. BREATHING
“I DON’T GASP TO SING, I BREATHE TO SING”
• Other exercises

11. TONE
“LET’S GET TOGETHER”
• Cord closure / Phonation
• Onset
• Exercises

12. TONE
”LET’S GET TOGETHER”
• Cord closure / Phonation
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b89RSYCaUBo&t=9s&authuser=0

13. TONE
“LET’S GET TOGETHER”
• Onset
• Aspirated
• Coordinated
• Glottal

14. TONE
“LET’S GET TOGETHER”
• Exercises
• Swimming pool concept
• Vocal fry
• Good vowel options – oo and ee
• Panting phonation

15. “SHAPE SHIFTERS”
RESONANCE
• Resonation
• Map In Your Body
• Resonators

16. “SHAPE SHIFTERS”
RESONANCE
• Resonation
• Sympathetic
• Conductive

17. “SHAPE SHIFTERS”
RESONANCE
• Map in your Body
• Find the larynx in your body
• Swallow, yawn
• Picture “Larry” hyoid bone – floating
• Equilibrium between the supra- and infralaryngeal muscles
• Determines the ease of singing
• That’s why your support is so important
• If I only had a brain MRI:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCvJiqKZbz4

18. “SHAPE SHIFTERS”
RESONANCE
• Resonators
• Pharynx
• Oral Cavity
• Nasal Cavity

19. “SHAPE SHIFTERS”
RESONANCE
• Pharynx – (Styles)
• Position of the larynx
• Position of soft palate
• Tongue
• Constrictor of muscles
• Exercises
• Surprise/beginning of a yawn
• Gum – that minty feeling in the back
• Swallowing – constrictor muscles

20. “SHAPE SHIFTERS”
RESONANCE
• Oral Cavity – (Vowels, Overtones of the pitch)
• Tongue
• Lips
• Lower jaw
• Oral Cavity –
• tongue shape – [i, I, e, , ]
• lip shape [u, U, o, ]
• Concept of “A = 440 Htz”
More energy – supported breath
More space – pharyngeal and oral cavity (jaw) shaping
More depth – support and pharyngeal shaping with the breath

21. “SHAPE SHIFTERS”
RESONANCE
Nasal Cavity – [m, n, ŋ] French nasals [ã, ɛ̃, õ, œ
̃ ]
Position of soft palate
Nasal Cavity – Exercise – [ ŋa]
Nasal Cavity – [m, n, ŋ] French nasals [ã, ɛ̃, õ, œ̃]
Position of soft palate
Exercise– [ŋa]

22. AVOIDING FATIGUE
“EVERYTHING IN MODERATION”
• Hearing oneself
• Pacing

23. APPLICATION
“SING-ALONG”