Resonance Part 3: Belting Voice

Today we are going to immerse ourselves into the world of Belting. But, what is this? We have heard it for sure and we would be able to recognize it by far just by hearing it. Belting is a technique deeply rooted and used in Musical Theater and pop nowadays and it is easily spotted…

Resonance Part 2: The Release Into Head Voice

Head voice deeper dive!

Our objective with this session is to expand the nuance and detail of our understanding of head voice, and to focus on developing effective vocal chord closure, so that we can start to put more power through the cords in different parts of our register.

This builds on the chest voice material last…

Style Part 4

Congratulations on learning a lot more about the elements of style in vocal performances!

You now possess an understanding some of the technical aspects that affect the vocal sound produced, and you have a breakdown of how to develop your style in the direction you want. Your ability to make adjustments is only ever as refined…

Style Part 3

Welcome to Style part 3!

In the last topic we looked at modulating the amount of nasality in your sound by raising and lower the soft palate, and at some longer licks and runs. It can take some time to get used to moving the vibration and resonance around, so you definitely want to review…

Style Part 2

Welcome to Style part 2! Our aim overall for this month is understand more about creating different stylistic effects in your singing. Part of that is to do with note choices, licks, ornaments, what types of note pattern and scale are common in different styles; and part of that is to do with how you…

Style Part 1

Objectives for week 1:

Congratulate yourself on attending the first four sessions and extending your understanding and experience. Reflect on the first four weeks on flexibility and release and see what you can remember about it off the top of your head. If you sang 3+ times per week outside of the session together, you should…

Release And Flexibility part 1

Rainer Maria Rilke: ‘May what I do flow from me like a river, no forcing and no holding back.’

This is a great way to think about how we can experience our voices.

My goal for you with the material we’re going to explore over the next few weeks is that you experience greater freedom to use your…