Dealing with the Myth & HUGE confusion concerning Head & Chest Voices this week. This is misleading/misguided nonsense from Teachers!
1. For years, many Teachers have confused their students by referring to Head & Chest as 'Voices', creating lasting problems for many Singers.
2. We do NOT have a Head Voice & a Chest Voice! We have ONE Voice & it's called a Larynx, together with a resonating system.
3. What ALL Singers & their Teachers should be referring to is Head RESONANCE & Chest RESONANCE! And we need to maintain a balance of both.
4. I hear too many female voices which are in 'bits'! Most commonly a stronger lower range disappearing into thin & airy above the transition!
5. STOP talking Head & Chest VOICES & use well-informed exercises to blend the resonances throughout the voice to create ONE balanced Voice!
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- Ross Campbell
Professor of Singing, Royal Academy of Music, London
Director & Head of Singing, Musical Theatre Ireland, MTI
Award winning Author for ABRSM Songbooks 1 – 5
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Sunday 26 April 2015
Sunday 19 April 2015
Week 11: More Warming-up
More advice for Warming-up a Voice this week. Every Vocal Exercise you do should be directly transferable into your Singing Repertoire.
1. Musical Theatre Singers: Your Vocal Warm-up should contain exercises which develop/practice ALL voice qualities to be used in the repertoire.
2. Develop exercises which exclusively exercise ALL vowels; they are what we Sing & belong to the notes we are Singing! They should be equal!
3. Settle your comfortable Optimum Speech Pitch by experimenting with the rise & fall of the Larynx whilst speaking at different Pitches.
4. Your Speech Core should be constant in Singing. This should resonate across your clavicles/collarbones & has nothing to do with Pitch!
5. Adding Twang Resonance to many exercises aids negotiating the middle transition. It also thins the sound if you've a tendency to drive!
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- Ross Campbell
Professor of Singing, Royal Academy of Music, London
Director & Head of Singing, Musical Theatre Ireland, MTI
Award winning Author for ABRSM Songbooks 1 – 5
1-to-1 Vocal Training & Consultations available
www.rosscampbell.biz
www.musicaltheatreireland.ie
www.rosscampbelluk.blogspot.com
1. Musical Theatre Singers: Your Vocal Warm-up should contain exercises which develop/practice ALL voice qualities to be used in the repertoire.
2. Develop exercises which exclusively exercise ALL vowels; they are what we Sing & belong to the notes we are Singing! They should be equal!
3. Settle your comfortable Optimum Speech Pitch by experimenting with the rise & fall of the Larynx whilst speaking at different Pitches.
4. Your Speech Core should be constant in Singing. This should resonate across your clavicles/collarbones & has nothing to do with Pitch!
5. Adding Twang Resonance to many exercises aids negotiating the middle transition. It also thins the sound if you've a tendency to drive!
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- Ross Campbell
Professor of Singing, Royal Academy of Music, London
Director & Head of Singing, Musical Theatre Ireland, MTI
Award winning Author for ABRSM Songbooks 1 – 5
1-to-1 Vocal Training & Consultations available
www.rosscampbell.biz
www.musicaltheatreireland.ie
www.rosscampbelluk.blogspot.com
Sunday 12 April 2015
Week 10: Warming-up
Tips this week deal with the important aspects of Warming-up a Voice. An actual reason for doing an exercise should always be understood!
A warm-up routine should be viewed as a ‘wake-up’ call for the muscles that are used in singing, preparing the muscular systems for work.
1st: Silently Laugh for 10 seconds, maintaining a loose jaw & tongue to build Retraction of False Vocal Folds, counteracting Constriction.
2nd: Use well informed physical exercises to isolate & build the muscles of BREATHING & SUPPORT, as well as the neck Sternocleidomastoids.
3rd: Use well informed silent & vocal exercises which isolate & exercise the rise, fall & tilts of the Larynx, & include Sirening.
Continue with well informed vocal exercises building Range, evenness of Tone, Transition weaknesses, & varied Voice Qualities re Repertoire.
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- Ross Campbell
Professor of Singing, Royal Academy of Music, London
Director & Head of Singing, Musical Theatre Ireland, MTI
Award winning Author for ABRSM Songbooks 1 – 5
1-to-1 Vocal Training & Consultations available
www.rosscampbell.biz
www.musicaltheatreireland.ie
www.rosscampbelluk.blogspot.com
A warm-up routine should be viewed as a ‘wake-up’ call for the muscles that are used in singing, preparing the muscular systems for work.
1st: Silently Laugh for 10 seconds, maintaining a loose jaw & tongue to build Retraction of False Vocal Folds, counteracting Constriction.
2nd: Use well informed physical exercises to isolate & build the muscles of BREATHING & SUPPORT, as well as the neck Sternocleidomastoids.
3rd: Use well informed silent & vocal exercises which isolate & exercise the rise, fall & tilts of the Larynx, & include Sirening.
Continue with well informed vocal exercises building Range, evenness of Tone, Transition weaknesses, & varied Voice Qualities re Repertoire.
Follow us at Facebook and Twitter!
- Ross Campbell
Professor of Singing, Royal Academy of Music, London
Director & Head of Singing, Musical Theatre Ireland, MTI
Award winning Author for ABRSM Songbooks 1 – 5
1-to-1 Vocal Training & Consultations available
www.rosscampbell.biz
www.musicaltheatreireland.ie
www.rosscampbelluk.blogspot.com
Sunday 5 April 2015
Week 9: Sirening
Dealing with the benefits of 'Sirening' & how to 'Siren' correctly this week. I hear too much poor quality, counter-productive 'Sirening'.
1. Sirening: Place your tongue tip forwards & high at back off the Larynx, form an 'NG' & slide downwards & upwards throughout range QUIETLY!
2. Sirening MUST NOT be driven with too much air-pressure. Keep the volume as small & even as possible.Larynx needs to tilt thru the transition.
3. Sirening equalises the Tension of the True Vocal Folds. Regular exercising of your Siren can extend both the upper & lower range. #singing
4. Sirening shows us the Natural Rise & Fall of the Larynx & indicates the state/condition of the True Vocal Folds on a daily basis. #singing
5. Sirening is an effective, gentle warm-up exercise for the Vocal Folds. Contrary to opinion, it is NOT sufficient as a complete vocal warm-up.
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- Ross Campbell
Professor of Singing, Royal Academy of Music, London
Director & Head of Singing, Musical Theatre Ireland, MTI
Award winning Author for ABRSM Songbooks 1 – 5
1-to-1 Vocal Training & Consultations available
www.rosscampbell.biz
www.musicaltheatreireland.ie
www.rosscampbelluk.blogspot.com
1. Sirening: Place your tongue tip forwards & high at back off the Larynx, form an 'NG' & slide downwards & upwards throughout range QUIETLY!
2. Sirening MUST NOT be driven with too much air-pressure. Keep the volume as small & even as possible.Larynx needs to tilt thru the transition.
3. Sirening equalises the Tension of the True Vocal Folds. Regular exercising of your Siren can extend both the upper & lower range. #singing
4. Sirening shows us the Natural Rise & Fall of the Larynx & indicates the state/condition of the True Vocal Folds on a daily basis. #singing
5. Sirening is an effective, gentle warm-up exercise for the Vocal Folds. Contrary to opinion, it is NOT sufficient as a complete vocal warm-up.
Follow us at Facebook and Twitter!
- Ross Campbell
Professor of Singing, Royal Academy of Music, London
Director & Head of Singing, Musical Theatre Ireland, MTI
Award winning Author for ABRSM Songbooks 1 – 5
1-to-1 Vocal Training & Consultations available
www.rosscampbell.biz
www.musicaltheatreireland.ie
www.rosscampbelluk.blogspot.com
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