In the blog “The flexible resonance box 1,” I promised to tell more about how you can have influence on your sound by changing the shape of the resonance box. We can change the shape of the resonance box (throat and mouth) by changing the position of the different parts like: larynx, epiglottis, soft palate, […]
Did you know that singing is much easier when you have a positive attitude and a positive mindset ? Maybe you already experienced it..but do you also know why it works that way? Did you know that all the muscles in your body are more flexible and that it is much easier to control your […]
I am very happy that Gerrit Bloothooft has translated his very interesting article for us in English. You can read some interesting facts about singing and the function of the diaphragm. If you have questions; please ask ! The dancing diaphragm Gerrit Bloothooft Utrecht institute of Linguistics – OTS Utrecht University (this paper has […]
This post is written as an extended answer to questions Hyoseon Kim asked about the “lip trill” (or lip roll) exercise. First off all: You can do the “lip trill” exercise (“brrr”) with or without voice. When you do them without using your voice (without closing your vocal folds), you will most of all train […]
I am happy to invite you to listen to some remarkable projects that were recorded lately. These singers all make beautiful music and are very different from each other. The only thing they have in common is that I recently or some years ago had the privilege to be one of their teachers. I asked […]
So far, I have mentioned quite a lot of technical aspects of singing. That might give you the impression that I think vocal technique is the most important thing in order to achieve a good performance. But, as the title of this post already suggests, I do not think so. On the contrary: for me, […]
In my post “What is this thing…” I tried to explain how we make our “voice”. Lets take a closer look at this “voice” and understand what its sound is exactly made of. As I wrote : When we sing an A4 (440 Herz) our vocal folds will vibrate 440 times a second. Now, what […]
Thank you all very much ! Wow, I didn’t expect so many positive reactions on my mail informing you about my blog. This really inspires me to continue ! Thank you for this ! If you have any questions regarding a certain post, please don’t send me a mail but use the reaction form of […]
Since the human voice will be the main subject of this blog we might as well ask ourselves: What ís the human voices, and how does it come into being ? I think we can say that if we “use our voices” we create sound. And sound is: vibrations that travel through the air […]
A very warm welcome to the first post on my brand-new blog! With this blog I would like to create a platform where we can talk about the human voice. So, if you’d like to add something, from your experience or otherwise, concerning your own voice you can always post something on my blog. Apart […]
