Singing Tips Category: Singing Technique

Cry Voice Quality for Voice Constriction Relief

Cry Voice Quality There are many excellent ways to train the voice to sing with better balance, but today we are going to zone in on a vocal quality known as Cry. The ‘cry voice quality’ is a part of the Estill Voice Training Method. Cry voice can be used as an intentional resonance setup…

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Everything you need to know about Vocal TWANG

Vocal Twang Vocal Twang is one of those things that seems to fall in and out of favour among vocal pedagogues. I’ve always celebrated the benefits of Twang, instructing my students in the advantage of the clear, focused resonance that it provides. There seems to be some confusion out there in YouTube land about vocal…

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Five note scales that pack a punch!

Pentatonic Scales Learning how to sing pentatonic scales is great fun and super important if you want to sing genres like rock, pop and RnB. Teaching your ear to hear the nuance of both the major and minor pentatonic tonalities empowers your voice to be more responsive to the stylistic nuance needed to sing modern…

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How to develop a RASPY SINGING VOICE

Raspy Singing Voice How do you develop a raspy singing voice? Singing with a clean, balanced tone is not always a desirable aesthetic in contemporary genres like rock, country and even jazz. Sometimes you want to add a rough, raspy quality to your voice to enhance the overall sound. Is it ok to have a…

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DON’T do this when you SING!

Negative Voice Technique I spend a lot of time teaching you what to do with your voice technically. But sometimes it is valuable to look at your technique through a negative lens (Negative Voice Technique) which hopefully teaches you what NOT to do with your voice. So today we are going to look at two technical…

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Vocal Sirens are AWESOME!

Vocal Sirens Why should every singer know how to do vocal sirens? You better watch the video to find out because today I’m going to teach you three different kinds of the vocal siren. In fact, vocal sirens can be performed in various ways and can service the voice in a number of forms. There…

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How to Improve the Female Singing Voice

Female Singing Voice Today we’re looking at some singing exercises to help improve the female singing voice. Ladies, the female voice has some unique vocal challenges; challenges that I am going to help you overcome in this video with an exciting vocal exercise. One thing that contemporary genres require of the female singing voice is…

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How to Improve the Male Singing Voice

Male Singing Voice If you’re a guy, then I know this video is going to improve your male singing voice. In this video, I want to target what I think is the weakest part of most male voices, the upper register. Now you could be forgiven for thinking that when it comes to exercising the…

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The BEST PLACE to practice your singing

Practice Singing You want to practice singing. You do, but there are some hurdles to jump over to make that happen, not least of which is finding a private space where your family members, housemates and neighbours won’t hear you. So where is the best place to practice singing? At the end of the day, learning…

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How to Clean the Husky Voice

Husky Voice Do you have a husky voice? Maybe you would describe your singing voice as raspy or rough. Sometimes a husky sound is cool, adding a great effect to your singing voice, but if your voice is always husky, raspy or rough, then your vocal health may be at risk. Today we’re going to…

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