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In this video you will learn correct posture for good singing. Good posture keeps your air moving fluidly, keeps your throat open, and helps you hold high notes longer. Conversely, poor posture results in less breath support and reduces the openness of the vocal tract. Posture matters!
Singing is a powerful form of self-expression, and in Dede’s 30 years of teaching she has had a chance to hone in on the most effective techniques for helping singers realize their potential. You’ll learn fundamental skills that can make all the difference in your singing experience. You’ll learn to breathe like a singer and gain a clear understanding of breath support and how to power your voice the right way. You’ll learn about voice placement and projection and how to release tensions that inhibit your range, resulting in a freer, more resonant voice quality. And you’ll learn to sing with greater expression and dynamic range.
This introduction to Dede Wyland’s Fundamentals of Good Singing course includes an overview of what she'll be covering in the course as well as tips on how to approach your personal practice to gain the best results.
We understand vocal technique through sensory understanding (muscle memory) and visualization. In this video you’ll gain an eye-opening understanding of what the different physical parts of your voice are and how they work together. This overview sets the stage for all the information to follow, so be sure to review it, and then, armed with your brand-new thoughts and images, get ready to move on.
In this video you will learn correct posture for good singing. Good posture keeps your air moving fluidly, keeps your throat open, and helps you hold high notes longer. Conversely, poor posture results in less breath support and reduces the openness of the vocal tract. Posture matters!
Singing begins with the intake of breath. Breathing the right way stages your vocal instrument for everything that follows. In this video you will learn a technique for breathing deeply without upper-body tension. This can be fun, and you’ll be pleased with the results!
A brief overview of what breath support is, how it works, and why it’s so darn important!
As mentioned earlier, we understand how to use our voice through sensory understanding (muscle memory) and visualization. Now, step by step, we’ll “wake up” the feelings of breath support in your body and learn how to coordinate them.
In this video you will learn how to take those good breath support sensations you just learned and use them in the context of singing. Remember, breath support allows for an even, smooth tone and takes the burden off of your throat!
I often tell my students that If I only had time to teach them one thing, that one thing would be learning to release their jaw! Tension is the number one enemy of the singing voice. Without realizing it, most of us try to control our voices with muscles in our neck, throat and jaw (wrong!). Jaw tension, in particular, kills resonance and limits range, so let’s learn the right way to release that jaw!
It’s only when we release the tension in our neck, jaw, shoulders and throat that we’re able to completely turn over the job of singing to our breath support system. In this video you’ll learn to target and release tension in your tongue and lips. Free these tensions, free your voice!
It’s safe to say that when most of us get to a certain point in our range we start to experience range-limiting tension. The major factors involved in releasing that tension are breath support, voice placement, and the open throat! In this video you’ll learn the right way to pliably open your throat while ascending in pitch, and with that you’ll be well on your way to freeing up your natural range!
As singers, our body is our acoustic instrument, and like all acoustic instruments we have resonators. In this video you will learn where your resonators are and how to use them, with particular focus on the sinus cavities, or “mask.” The mask is a major resonator through which we gain the magic quality of “ring,” those bright, ringy overtones so essential to a great-sounding voice!
Want to create a bigger sound that carries? Learn the secret of “ring and shoot” to experience true, effective volume without strain.
In this video you will learn how to coordinate, or synthesize, your newfound understanding of breath support, the open throat, and mask placement to open up those high notes and free up your voice!
Vocal technique is never an end in and of itself. We learn technique to bridge the gap between what we feel and what we can express. Singing is primarily a storytelling medium and it is our job as singers to pull our audience into our story. Join me as we examine ways to more meaningfully feel and express ourselves through song.
