Thanks for your comment. Even if you're not happy with your voice the way it is right now, you can always improve. A journey of a thousand miles starts with a first step, and you've taken it already. I look forward to your video!
If you're getting dizzy, and your throat is sore, you're probably pushing too much air through your voice box, and missing your vocal cords. Try to sing at the minimum pressure and volume, and search for the buzzing sound of your vocal cords adducting.
The first thing to work with in deepening your voice is your larynx position. If your larynx is high, like when you're swallowing, your voice box will be constricted, and the lower frequencies will not come through. Put your hand on your adams apple and feel it lower with you yawn. Next, try rolling your shoulders to loosen them, and support your breath from the diaphragm. You want to amplify the low frequencies from your chest voice
I am very glad to have come across your video it is very insightful. I was wondering if you could give me some tips on how to deepen ones voice. I m aware of ding-dong king-kong bing-bong exercises . I was hoping to sound something like this watch?v=sSQHqXRHpTU&feature=related
@apacheslim Hello. While releasing the larynx there may issues with the neck, especially lower neck, that a shoulder shrug won't fix. I reccomend letting your head rest to one side, then place (not push!) the corresponding hand on top of your head to remind yourself of gravity. LET GRAVITY do the stretch. You don't want to pull things. If you do this, release the shoulders with shrugs, and work on massaging the jaw then the breath should allow itself easier entrance and you'll get more depth.
Minor swelling of the vocal cords will resolve in 48 hours. If it's longer, you may have a more hardened swelling that may be a problem. This shows up as a sudden loss of tone at a particular note, say E4. Just a gap at that point. That is because the swelling happens at a particular location on the vocal cord that corresponds to pitch. If this happens, send them to an ENT and have their cords looked at. Here you have to work with the ENT to monitor progress. Avoid surgery at all costs.
Wandering: The first thing to do with a vocal injury is to rest the voice until the swelling of the vocal cords goes down as much as possible. Then I use release exercises and breathing coordination exercises to loosen up the outer muscles. Next, very carefully, I have the student use a gentle Mm or Ng sound and assess their range, gradually adding more sounds as their voice restores. Short practices five or ten minutes several times a day are best.
Hi John. I'm also a voice teacher and I love your very scientific approach! Question: What are some of the steps you take to rehabilitate voices that have already gone too far and injured themselves? Thanks in advance!
Musiciano, anyone can blend chest voice and head voice, regardless of age. I have a student who is 93 with an excellent mix voice. If a teenager belts chest voice singing along with the radio, they will start to loose their natural mix and have to start working to get it back by 18 or so. It all has to do with the release of the jaw and tongue. The vocal cords must be free in order smoothly switch between the registers without a break. Hard to answer in 200 Characters!
Thanks for this video, it's great! I have a question... in your experience is there a link between the singer's age and being able to blend chest and head voice? Also, are there requirements of a certain level of development of the muscles inside and/or around the larynx in order to be able to stop pulling chest or going into falsetto? What is it that's actually required to achieved this goal of eliminating the break? Or at least of being able to blend nicely? Thanks!
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ServantMark 5 months ago
Thanks for your comment. Even if you're not happy with your voice the way it is right now, you can always improve. A journey of a thousand miles starts with a first step, and you've taken it already. I look forward to your video!
JohnScott551 5 months ago
Hi,
i have been told that i am not a very good singer. can any one sing if they try and take lessons.
Also i dont think my singing voice has alot of life or doesn't sound happy
what should i do.
i will send you a video of my singing a song and could you maybe help me improve
iluvponies240 6 months ago
If you're getting dizzy, and your throat is sore, you're probably pushing too much air through your voice box, and missing your vocal cords. Try to sing at the minimum pressure and volume, and search for the buzzing sound of your vocal cords adducting.
JohnScott551 8 months ago
lol i was trying to figure out whether he was an animated character.
hkd1404 8 months ago
The first thing to work with in deepening your voice is your larynx position. If your larynx is high, like when you're swallowing, your voice box will be constricted, and the lower frequencies will not come through. Put your hand on your adams apple and feel it lower with you yawn. Next, try rolling your shoulders to loosen them, and support your breath from the diaphragm. You want to amplify the low frequencies from your chest voice
JohnScott551 9 months ago
I am very glad to have come across your video it is very insightful. I was wondering if you could give me some tips on how to deepen ones voice. I m aware of ding-dong king-kong bing-bong exercises . I was hoping to sound something like this watch?v=sSQHqXRHpTU&feature=related
apacheslim 9 months ago
@apacheslim Hello. While releasing the larynx there may issues with the neck, especially lower neck, that a shoulder shrug won't fix. I reccomend letting your head rest to one side, then place (not push!) the corresponding hand on top of your head to remind yourself of gravity. LET GRAVITY do the stretch. You don't want to pull things. If you do this, release the shoulders with shrugs, and work on massaging the jaw then the breath should allow itself easier entrance and you'll get more depth.
tggold 8 months ago
Minor swelling of the vocal cords will resolve in 48 hours. If it's longer, you may have a more hardened swelling that may be a problem. This shows up as a sudden loss of tone at a particular note, say E4. Just a gap at that point. That is because the swelling happens at a particular location on the vocal cord that corresponds to pitch. If this happens, send them to an ENT and have their cords looked at. Here you have to work with the ENT to monitor progress. Avoid surgery at all costs.
JohnScott551 9 months ago
Wandering: The first thing to do with a vocal injury is to rest the voice until the swelling of the vocal cords goes down as much as possible. Then I use release exercises and breathing coordination exercises to loosen up the outer muscles. Next, very carefully, I have the student use a gentle Mm or Ng sound and assess their range, gradually adding more sounds as their voice restores. Short practices five or ten minutes several times a day are best.
JohnScott551 9 months ago
@JohnScott551 Thanks! Any tips on how to diagnose the severity of a vocal injury as a teacher?
wanderingmenstruals 9 months ago
Hi John. I'm also a voice teacher and I love your very scientific approach! Question: What are some of the steps you take to rehabilitate voices that have already gone too far and injured themselves? Thanks in advance!
wanderingmenstruals 9 months ago
Musiciano, anyone can blend chest voice and head voice, regardless of age. I have a student who is 93 with an excellent mix voice. If a teenager belts chest voice singing along with the radio, they will start to loose their natural mix and have to start working to get it back by 18 or so. It all has to do with the release of the jaw and tongue. The vocal cords must be free in order smoothly switch between the registers without a break. Hard to answer in 200 Characters!
JohnScott551 9 months ago
Thanks for this video, it's great! I have a question... in your experience is there a link between the singer's age and being able to blend chest and head voice? Also, are there requirements of a certain level of development of the muscles inside and/or around the larynx in order to be able to stop pulling chest or going into falsetto? What is it that's actually required to achieved this goal of eliminating the break? Or at least of being able to blend nicely? Thanks!
musiciano 9 months ago