Thursday, March 5, 2020
How Much Do You Know About How Your Voice Works
How Much Do You Know About How Your Voice Works Suzy S. Here on the TakeLessons Blog, we talk a lot about singing tips and tricks for making your voice shine. And as youre learning how to sing especially if youre working with a voice teacher youve probably already learned how things like posture and breathing can affect your voice. But how much do you actually know about how your instrument works? Understanding how your voice works is a big key to singing well, yet many vocalists never take the time to study it. We recently connected with Elissa over at Voice Body Connection, who has been working on an online course designed to help you learn just that. Still not convinced? Heres how Elissa explains it: We start using our voice mere moments after weâre born. But hereâs the thing⦠no one sits us down and hands us an instruction manual. Thereâs no explanation about how we should make sound, we just do it! A couple years from now weâll start learning speech and language, and all that will include much more explanation. However itâs likely going to be years before we start any sort of vocal or singing lessons which will draw our attention to the quality of our sound (if ever, of course!). By that time weâll have some pretty well engrained patterns and habits. So hereâs the problem with never having learned how our voice works: When something goes wrong with it, we donât know how to fix it. If no one taught us how we produce sound in the first place, itâs very difficult to troubleshoot when weâre not able to make the sounds we want. Weâve got to understand whatâs going on. We think of our voice as something intangible. In fact we often use the word âvoiceâ metaphorically. That way of thinking is lovely, but our voice is also something very concrete. It comes out of our body, and there are significant muscles and cartilage and bones and organs that contribute to our ability to make sound. Itâs valuable to know what all of these are, which is why we go over them in our Spotlight on Anatomy blogs and in Vibrant Voice Technique training. Think about it this way: if youâre a real car person, youâve gotta learn whatâs under the hood. It would be silly to grab a wrench and start messing around if youâve done no research about how the car is put togetherâ¦you might mess something up! By a similar token, we all know itâs foolish to start IKEA furniture together without following the (inscrutable) instructions. Itâs useful to spend the time understanding how things work. After all, how we understand a thing informs how we use it. Letâs repeat that, because itâs the big thesis: How we understand a thing informs how we use it. So, how does the voice work? OK, so how much do you know? Do you want to learn more about how the voice works? You can learn more about Elissas course here and if you register before December 19th, you can even get a discount on the price. Curious in the meantime? Here are some vocal health resources we like: 15 Amazing Facts You Never Knew About Your Voice [Infographic] Vocal Health Articles via Boston Singers Resource You and Your Voice via Lions Voice Clinic The National Center for Voice Speech Readers, whats the most surprising thing youve learned about your voice? Let us know by leaving a comment below! Interested in Private Lessons? Search thousands of teachers for local and live, online lessons. Sign up for convenient, affordable private lessons today! Search for Your Teacher
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