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  • Voice Lessons: Keeping Your Tongue Relaxed While Lifting Your Soft Palate

    Voice Lessons: Keeping Your Tongue Relaxed While Lifting Your Soft Palate – Rejoice In Your Voice – Tricia Leines

    Video

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZO3iUpGInMM

    Summary

    Summary

    Trisha Pine from Rejoice In Your Voice teaches how to help the tongue stay out of the way when exercising the lift in the soft palate for improved singing.

    Highlights

    • Understand singing as dancing and the importance of muscle isolation.
    • Awareness and exercises needed for tongue separation from the soft palate.
    • Practice yawn breaths with lifted vowels and tongue movements.
    • Experiment with putting the tip of your tongue on the bottom of your mouth while creating a vowel sound.

    Key Takeaways

    • Improve resonance space by practicing tongue independence from the soft palate.
    • Develop a better understanding between the soft pallette, tongue, and overall vocal system.
    • Enjoy exercises for lifting the soft palate and enhancing singing skills. [🎢]

    Transcript Summary:

    To enhance singing skills, it’s crucial to understand the relationship between the tongue, soft palate, and vocal resonance. Trisha Pine offers techniques such as yawn breaths, tongue movements, and experimenting with tongue positions to improve muscle isolation and separation for better singing performance. [🎧]

  • Voice Lessons: Your Soft Palate – Bring More Ease And Freedom To Your Singing and Speaking

    Voice Lessons: Your Soft Palate – Bring More Ease And Freedom To Your Singing and Speaking – Rejoice In Your Voice – Tricia Leines

    Video

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtyqaDjPJ4Y

    Summary

    Summary

    The transcript discusses the importance of understanding and utilizing the soft palate in achieving a balanced voice. By finding the lift of the soft palette, individuals can enhance their vocal sound, control resonance, and improve flexibility across various singing styles.

    Highlights

    • Emphasis on the role of the soft palate as a „woofer“ for our voice
    • Techniques to find the lift include yawning or emitting a sigh
    • Applicable to different singing styles like blues, jazz, country, and classical

    Key Takeaways

    • Achieving an ideal balance of high and low frequencies using proper breath control and resonance within the mask
    • The soft palate plays a crucial role in vocal expression and can be explored for improved speaking or singing
    • Experimenting with vowels and observing tongue/jaw relaxation while lifting the soft palette
  • Voice Lessons: 5 Tools To Help Relax a Tense Tongue when Singing or Speaking

    Voice Lessons: 5 Tools To Help Relax a Tense Tongue when Singing or Speaking – Rejoice In Your Voice – Tricia Leines

    Video

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHb445o4z2c

    Summary

    Summary

    Trisha Pine shares five tools for creating a relaxed tongue while singing, emphasizing the importance of proper tongue positioning to improve vocal sound quality and comfort for both singer and audience.

    Highlights

    • The tongue affects vowel shaping and consonants.
    • Excessive tongue tension can lead to an uncomfortable tone.
    • Practicing these tools enhances singing technique and diction.

    Key Takeaways

    • Find your neutral tongue position.
    • Practice tongue rolls, taps, twisters, humming, and yoga/stretching exercises for tongue release.
    • Yawning, „Four Corners“ exercise, chewing with the tongue, and curling with a pencil are helpful techniques.
  • Voice Lessons: Great Vocal Exercise To Ease Throat Strain

    Voice Lessons: Great Vocal Exercise To Ease Throat Strain – Rejoice In Your Voice – Tricia Leines

    Video

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRDKJ2dq0qk

    Summary

    Summary

    Trisha Pine, a renowned singing instructor and vocal coach, provides a technique for enhancing voice quality by increasing awareness of larynx pressure while speaking or singing. By generating various „G“ sounds with varying intensity levels and placing hands on the larynx, users can detect excessive force in their voice.

    The objective is to develop an understanding of larynx usage and discover approaches to soften it without compromising clear communication. This method aims to alleviate vocal fatigue and eradicate undesirable vocal fry or strained sounds in the voice. By practicing minimal pressure when joining vocal folds, users can enhance their overall vocal quality.

    Highlights

    • 🎢 Use gentle and lifting technique for better singing
    • πŸ‘‚ Isolate muscles and relax those not needed to avoid excess pressure
    • πŸ”Š Focus on phonation or sound production
    • 🌟 Let the larynx tilt efficiently to bring vocal folds together effectively
    • πŸ’‘ Aim to be more resourceful in making sounds without overworking the larynx

    Key Takeaways

    • Elton John, a renowned pianist, might benefit from these techniques.
    • Vocal coaches like Trisha Pine offer valuable insights into voice improvement.
    • Using minimal pressure and tilting the larynx can lead to better vocal quality.
  • Voice Lessons: Use the „NG“ to Find Mask Resonance & Make Singing Easier

    Voice Lessons: Use the „NG“ to Find Mask Resonance & Make Singing Easier – Rejoice In Your Voice – Tricia Leines

    Video

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3A_BtIXhOCw

    Summary

    Summary

    Trisha Pine teaches a technique called „the mask“ for exploring resonance in singing, which can also benefit speaking voices. By focusing on creating space in their singing, people can produce sound more effortlessly and freely, regardless of genre.

    Highlights

    • 🎢 Create space for better sound production in singing.
    • 😌 Health benefits from practicing this technique.
    • 🎧 Applicable to all music genres; practice various passages or warm-ups.
    • ⏰ Dedicate time daily to enjoy newfound vocal freedom.
    • ✨ Share personal experiences with the method.

    Key Takeaways

    • πŸ”΄ Focus on resonance for better singing and speaking voices.
    • πŸ’‘ Experiment with different approaches to create space in one’s voice.
    • 🎀 Apply this technique across any music genre.
    • πŸ’¬ Enjoy a more effortless and pressure-free resonance.
  • What „Sing From Your Stomach“ Actually Means

    What „Sing From Your Stomach“ Actually Means – Singgeek

    Video

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csSySfhL0wA

    Summary

    Summary

    Singing relies on a partnership between vocal folds and air, requiring deep breaths from the diaphragm to prevent throat strain. Engaging this muscle helps maintain smooth airflow and avoid creating an uncomfortable cavity.

    Highlights

    • 🌟 Singing depends on vocal folds and air collaboration.
    • πŸ’ͺ Use diaphragm for deep breaths to prevent throat strain.
    • 🎀 Master breathing technique is essential for better singing.
    • πŸ‘€ Check out a video with exercises to improve breathing.

    Key Takeaways

    • Practice and experiment with your voice to achieve the desired sound. πŸ’‘
    • Emphasize proper breathing techniques when singing, engaging the diaphragm for improved performance.
  • Transform Your Singing with This Surprising Straw Technique

    Transform Your Singing with This Surprising Straw Technique – Singgeek

    Video

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQ3TJDE17Kg

    Summary

    Summary

    Ronnie Peterson explains straw phonation, which helps create sound through a straw. This technique offers several benefits for singers, including easier and healthier singing, improved resonance and legato, and balanced breath pressure.

    Highlights

    • Straw phonation creates a semi-occluded vocal tract.
    • It promotes healthy singing and balances breath pressure in the vocal folds.
    • Straw exercises reinforce resonance, legato, and mixed voice practice.

    Key Takeaways

    • Experiment with different straw alternatives like rolled paper or a makeshift straw between two fingers.
    • Sing through the straw to feel vibrations in lips, skull, and ears.
    • Be aware of avoiding nose expulsion or lip tension for proper technique.
    • Practicing with a short melody can help maintain balance in phonation while maintaining proper technique.
    • There is a geeky video available for those who need improvement in breathing techniques.

    Emojis are important in understanding the context of these key takeaways and highlights.

  • Find Your Vocal Range

    Find Your Vocal Range – Singgeek

    Video

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DLEviuO6HM

    Summary

    Summary

    How to Find Your Vocal Range provides instructions on discovering your singing capabilities using a special track designed for this purpose. The process involves starting at the lowest note, going step-by-step up the scale until reaching the highest comfortable note. Tips include using vowels, switching between chest and head voice, and warming up before beginning.

    Highlights

    • 🎢 Use a dedicated vocal range finding track.
    • 🌟 Find your lowest and highest singable notes.
    • πŸ’‘ Utilize tips for better singing experience.

    Key Takeaways

    • ✨ Discover your own unique vocal range.
    • πŸ” Explore voice classifications in choirs (tenors, altos, etc.).
    • πŸ‘ Share your vocal range with others.
    • 🎀 Improve through proper technique, breathing, and training.
  • How to do the Lip Trill

    How to do the Lip Trill – Singgeek

    Video

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwNPp-RS4IY

    Summary

    Summary

    Ronnie Peterson teaches how to do the Lip Trill properly as a vocal warm-up technique. The Lip Trill, also known as blowing raspberries or horse lips, is an action of rapidly blowing air through open or closed lips. It offers several benefits for singers such as connecting breath pressure to vocal folds, training steady airflow, and ensuring proper air control.

    Highlights

    • 🎢 Lip Trill is a popular singing warm-up technique.
    • 🌟 Benefits include better breath support, improved air flow and control.
    • πŸ’ͺ Experiment with slides or different melodic patterns for variety.

    Key Takeaways

    • πŸ”΄ Lick lips, relax cheek and lip muscles before starting the exercise.
    • 🎡 Place fingers on corners of mouth, press outwards, and lift cheeks.
    • 🎀 Blow a steady stream of air through pursed lips to create trilling effect.
    • 🎧 Use the provided warm-up track for male and female singers.
  • How to Sing In Head Voice

    How to Sing In Head Voice – Singgeek

    Video

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91wbHolH_TA

    Summary

    Summary

    The transcript is about finding and training your head voice with Ronnie Peterson. The main registers are chest voice (speaking) and head voice (singing), where head voice becomes lighter when you sing high and powerful. Three techniques to find head voice include singing „ah,“ imitating an owl, and singing like a siren.

    Highlights

    • Head Voice vs Chest Voice
    • Finding Head Voice
    • Three Techniques to Find Head Voice
    • Singing with a track
    • Using Different Vowels
    • Songs for practice

    Key Takeaways

    • Your head voice is lighter when you sing high and powerful.
    • You can find your head voice using techniques like singing „ah,“ imitating an owl, or singing like a siren.
    • Training your head voice with songs or different vowels helps improve the range.