Week 99: Voice Qualities: Belt Quality (Part 1)

Our Official Tip Writer, Ross Campbell of Royal Academy of Music, London, is continuing to cover "Voice Qualities" for several weeks relating 'Sound to the Anatomy' when #singing. 'Belt Quality' this week and continued next week.
These free tips serve as samples from the NEW singing book out NOW: " Singing - An Extensive Handbook For All Singers And Their Teachers", also written by Campbell and available directly at: http://www.thesingersportal.com

1. 'Belt' Quality may be described as taking speech quality to a higher level of energy & pitch, and could be called controlled yelling!
2. In 'Belt', the Larynx is high in the throat, relative to the neutral position of speech quality, & the Thyroid Cartilage must not tilt!
3. In 'Belt', the Cricoid Cartilage tilts downward at the front, moving the rear shelf forwards, which shortens & thickens the vocal folds.
4. The high pitches of 'Belt' Quality are achieved by increased air pressure, as the true vocal folds are short and thick.
5. Emotions run high in 'Belt' Quality & it can only be used at the upper end of the range. The sound of 'Belt' is always loud and exciting!

Ross CampbellProfessor of Singing, Royal Academy of Music, London
Managing Director & Head of Singing & Music, Musical Theatre UK, London
MTI Award Winning Author for ABRSM Songbooks 1 - 5
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