Singing Tips Category: Singing Technique

Develop a RESONANT Singing Voice

Resonant Singing Voice In this video, Dr Dan presents four easy-to-follow resonance exercises to enhance your resonant singing voice and elevate your vocal performance. Using the mask analogy, Dr Dan guides you through the M, N, and NG positions, revealing the nuances of each sound for a more resonant voice. You’ll be encouraged to experiment…

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Debunking the Wide Open Mouth Myth

Neutral Jaw Exercises: Unlocking Clear Diction and Full Tone Unlock your full vocal potential by exploring the surprising secret to efficient singing: mastering the jaw position. Dr Dan from Voice Essentials shatters the misconception that a wide open mouth is necessary for achieving powerful resonance and clear diction. He delves deep into the importance of…

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Stop Singing Through Your Nose

Stop Singing Through Your Nose Discover how to stop singing through your nose with Dr Dan’s expert guidance in this essential video tutorial for singers. Uncover the secrets to controlling your soft palate, eliminating hyper-nasality, and improving your vocal quality. Learn practical exercises and techniques, including the transformative “Stop Singing Through Your Nose” method, to…

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Six Ways to Release Tension in Your Singing Voice

Tension Tension in your singing voice can come about for many reasons: misaligned vocal technique, extended voice use, and sickness are all common causes. Tension in the voice can keep you from fully enjoying your singing. So today, I’m going to share with you six ways to release tension in your singing voice so that…

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How to sing with a Silky Smooth Voice

Silky Smooth Voice These puffy cheek activities are all designed to help you sing with a silky smooth voice. When I think of silky-smooth vocals, I think of singers like Luther Vandross, Mel Tormé and Diana Krall. And of my all-time favourite silky-smooth singers is Michael Bublé. So, I thought it fitting to use one…

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Eight Health Tips for Singers

Vocal Health Advice There are two reasons to watch this video: One – you sing, you’re currently sick, and you’re looking for vocal health advice to get you and your voice back into singing asap. And two – you sing, and you’re looking for vocal health advice to get you and your voice back into…

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Voice Projection and How to Sing Louder

Voice Projection Voice projection can be a lot easier on your voice than you might think…but perhaps not in the way you might think. You see most students that I work with start out by approaching their volume production with increased effort. One student recently summed up this approach with the word ‘Projection.’ — TOOLS…

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How to Find Your Singing Voice Type

Singing Voice Type I’m going to show you how to test your vocal range and find your singing voice type by first identifying your lowest singable note, followed by your highest singable note, and we’ll then learn how to classify your voice as Bass, Baritone, Tenor, Alto, Mezzo or Soprano after we apply the all-important…

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Why do I Keep Losing My Voice?

Voice Loss Dysphonia, partial voice loss, and Aphonia, complete voice loss, can be debilitating because we use our voice to communicate and express our emotions. And if you’re a professional voice user like a schoolteacher, gigging singer or call centre operator, your voice is your primary vocational tool. A term you’ll often hear used concerning…

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FIX your Pitch – SING THIS!

Pitch Singing on the pitch can appear effortless for some, but maybe for you singing in tune feels like an impossibility. Well, I have some good news for you. Regardless of how out of tune your voice is right now, you can learn to sing in tune with the practical exercises. Learning to sing in…

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