MASTERING VOCAL CONTROL
What does it mean to have vocal control when you are singing? Vocal control is having the ability to sustain notes without wavering, the ability to move from low to high smoothly, pitch control, controlling the dynamics (loudness and softness), belting, vibrato. The key to all of this is breath and diaphragm support. Vocal control is powered by breath and the muscles you use to support the exhale.
Let’s begin with breath, air pressure and diaphragm support which are the key to being able to control your voice. This core support helps with high notes, low notes, runs, riffs, vibrato, sustaining a note, ad-libs, slides, belting and so much more. To be able to control each of these techniques there must be a solid support system activated in your core. You feel a tightening of the muscles in your abdomen and rib cage (chest) area. As I’ve mentioned before, pretend you are blowing out a bunch of candles on a cake. As you release the air, notice all the muscles involved in that action and what it feels like. The muscles around the rib cage and abdomen constrict.
Vocal exercises will help accomplish your goals and strengthen vocal control. Try doing the bubble (sometimes called motor boat or lip trills) and get through one riff with one breath. Now try to do get through two rounds of the exercise with one breath and keep challenging yourself to use less and less air until you are able to get through three or four riffs with one breath. Breathing exercises are a terrific way to calm you, improve your state of mind and strengthen vocal control.
JOKE OF THE DAY:
What’s the difference between a banjo and an onion?
Nobody cries when you chop up a banjo.
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