Singing Tips Category: Vocal Pedagogy

Can you Sing from the Diaphragm?

Rethinking Diaphragm Control In this Voice Essentials video, Dr Dan unveils the truth about the role of the diaphragm in singing and dispels common misconceptions. He clarifies that while the diaphragm is important for breathing, it is not directly controlled during singing. Instead, singers should focus on managing breath through sensations in the abdomen and…

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What is a Dysphonic Voice?

Dysphonic Voice Dr Dan reveals the mysteries behind dysphonic voice and dysphonia, exploring the causes, effects, and solutions to voice abnormalities. From mild hoarseness to severe muscle tension dysphonia (MTD), learn how factors like misuse, inhaled corticosteroids, asthma, and tobacco smoking can impact your voice. Gain expert insights into the spectrum of dysphonic severity and…

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How Long Should a Singing Warm-up Be?

How Long Should a Singing Warm-up Be? You should prepare the voice with a singing warm-up every time you perform or rehearse. I know you’ll hear some singers suggesting they never warm-up, but you follow their folly at the risk of your own vocal peril. — TOOLS for SINGERS — * FREE 7 Day Vocal Technique…

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How Your Singing Voice Works

The Singing Voice What makes singing so challenging to learn? In this video, we’re going to look at how your voice works so you can achieve better results with your singing voice. When applied to the singing voice, the power source is the breath, the sound source is the vocal folds, the resonator is the…

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6 Ways to Improve your Posture for Singing

Posture for Singing You are a whole instrument in need of a holistic approach, so today, I’m going to reveal six ways that you can improve the overall management of your complete body-instrument and tell you about the various ways you can improve your posture for singing. — TOOLS for SINGERS — * FREE 7 Day…

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Consistent and Persistent Singing Resolutions

New Year’s Singing Resolutions After twenty-five-plus years of teaching people to sing, I know that one of the most challenging steps anyone can take when they want to improve their singing voice and realise new year’s singing resolutions is the first one. Choosing to learn to sing is a lifelong pursuit that will bring you…

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What are the Health Benefits of Singing

Health Benefits of Singing It was former Guns N’ Roses drummer, Steven Adler, who said, “You can have all the riches and success in the world, but if you don’t have your health, you have nothing.” Our health and general well-being is key to living a full and vibrant life, and many things lead to…

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What is Vocal Fatigue and How to Recover?

Vocal Fatigue Vocal fatigue is something that we’ve all experienced. It’s possible to experience voice fatigue for any number of reasons, but what exactly is vocal fatigue and is there a way to easily and quickly recover from it? What you may not know is there are different types of voice fatigue. So today we…

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Dr Dan Reacts to Vocal Coach Reaction Videos

Vocal Coach Reacts Most of you have seen the proliferation of the ‘Vocal Coach Reacts’ videos and you might be asking yourself, why hasn’t Dr Dan jumped on the bandwagon? To date, I have declined to do ‘Vocal Coach Reacts’ videos, but recently I’ve been reconsidering my stance on this…mostly because the requests are unrelenting…and…

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Vocal Registers FULLY Explained

Voice Registration The terms ‘Head Voice,’ ‘Chest Voice’ and ‘Mix’ are often used to describe the singing voice. But do these terms adequately describe the singing voice? If you’ve been confused by the concept of chest head and mix, you’re not alone. But after you watch this video, you won’t be confused anymore. In this…

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