Register Break – What Causes It
Many singers lack the confidence to be fully expressive performers because of either a small vocal range or a "breaking point" that segments their range. Still others have come to believe that the [...]
Pitch Control Video Lesson
This week's Blog post is a short sample video lesson from Jeannie Deva's Online Vocal School at Artistworks.com. The school features over 200 video lessons recorded by Jeannie and more. This three minute [...]
Relax Your Lips-Sing Better Fast
When you sing do you tense your lips? Are you exaggerating their movement or that of your cheeks or the opening of your mouth? Do you try to form your vowels with your [...]
Breathe Into Your Back
Breathe into your back. Have you been taught to push your stomach forward when you take a breath and then hold it still or push it in as you sing? Or perhaps you've [...]
Relax Your Tongue
Does your tongue tense as you sing? Does the back of it pull up as you go for a higher note? Does it push down into your throat? (That will cause your voice [...]
Contemporary vs Classical Voice Technique Part 3
Thank you for your comments to last week’s blog post. I hope you don’t mind me using one of them to lead into this week’s wrap-up of our discussion of Classical vs. Contemporary [...]
Contemporary vs Classical Voice Technique Part 2
Singing with a "Yawn" Some Classical techniques focus on lifting the soft palate and maintaining an open throat as you would if you were yawning. To get some idea of this, yawn and [...]
Contemporary vs Classical Voice Technique Part 1
Q: "Dear Jeannie… I would like to know if there is a difference between Classical and Popular music vocal technique. Thank you for your (magazine) column. It keeps a lot of us out here [...]
Expanding Range – Relax Your Tongue
Sing Easier - Relax Your Tongue Does your tongue tense as you sing? Does the back of it pull up or push down as you use more range? When the back of the [...]