Best Singing Technique

I think the problem is that singing is produced internally. With other instruments, such as the piano or the violin, the performers (and their teachers) can see the body parts moving externally. They can position the student into more efficient modes. They can talk about the use of gravity, or oppositional muscles of the body and demonstrate better ways to use the body efficiently. But although singers talk about technique, they are really talking about effective use of imagery, to help their singing students visualize what might be happening within their bodies in order to build up confidence in the strength and accuracy. of their voices The problem is that no one has precise control over the interior muscles of the body, so the imagery that one person has used to make his or her voice sound better might not work at all for someone else. All singers have to go on are the sensations of ease and resonance which they are trying to find. for themselves Most human beings sing in their daily lives - and some sing constantly. Many of them have naturally pleasant voices, although not necessarily big voices that would fill an opera house without amplification. Most people are not very concerned with HOW they are singing. They just do it. Almost everyone has had the sensation of hitting a place where making a sound is very difficult, as though there's an obstacle in the throat. Most people would like to figure out how to get around that difficult place.

There are no defined muscles that precisely control the vocal chords. But there are a million ways in which tension can interfere with the production of effortless sound, which is both accurate in pitch and can be both loud and soft. Control of breath is super important, and involves the muscles of the diaphragm as well as the muscles of the chest and back. But concentration on these muscles is likely to cause then to stiffen, which is counterproductive. Relaxation of the tongue and the jaw can help. Again, too much concentration on this can cause these muscles to tighten. Singers will talk about "the mask" (imagining that the singer is singing into a mask placed over the face). Others feel that this makes the sound production too nasal. Some teachers talk endlessly about the column of air. But that isn't a real anatomical feature of the body. It's an approximation of a much more complicated process. But images like these might help SOME students key into more efficient uses of their bodies to produce beautiful sounds, while utterly failing with other students.

Adele's early voice sounded SO good, but I knew immediately she was butchering her vocal chords producing that sound. All those fags didn't help either. So it came as no surprise when it was revealed she had to get those polyps removed, and she never sounded the same again.

It's a shame that it's sometimes an improper technique that produces a more interesting sound in a person who would otherwise sound pretty generic. Also, most professional singing seems unnatural to me, your vocal chords weren't meant to sing a musical five times a week.

Do opera singers produce sound different than pop stars?

I need to reduce jaw tension when I sing.

You cannot move your diaphragm.

R3, Opera singers have facial muscles that they train for the marathon - muscles around the cheeks, kind of feels like they’re beneath the sinuses - so that the notes don’t sound like they come out of a well.

Someone with operatic voice and lazy face: Natalie Merchant

Singers who will slap your ass and call you Suzy with operatic voice and correct facial training; Amy Lee of Evanescence and Beth Ditto of The Gossip