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Voice Teachers use semi-occluded phonations as vocal warm-ups

1). They balance the sub-glottal and super-glottal air pressure (above and below) the vocal folds and thus help the singer to create more efficient phonation and balance with the increased velocity of air required for singing. Inherently, speech vocal mode is not efficient compared to phonations used in singing, so the semi-occluded vocal tract exercises increase the efficiency of the relationship between the singer’s respiration and vocal folds.

2). They establish a resonant track. They help the singer to get into a seamless passage through the vocal bridges (breaks), thus preparing the voice for good bridging from the lower vocal registers to the higher registers, namely, (chest to head voice).

3). They lift the voice into more healthy and successful “top-down phonation” postures. It excites the resonators (mouth, nose, sinuses), gets the overtone production placed in the “mask” and removes throaty singing.

To call these semi-occluded vocal tract postures “warm ups” do not give them justice. They do far more than just “warm up” the voice and at the end of the day, what does “warm up” really mean? I hope this explanation helps to shed some light on some popular vocal “warm ups” that so many people have done, but may have never really understood why.

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Healthy distortion is produced by creating noise in the vocal tract, not by grinding tissue and that is the key to successful, vocal distortion techniques. The work flow and techniques for producing the three kinds of distortion below are provided in my new vocal technique training system, “The Four Pillars of Singing” 2.0 with full video demonstrations and book guidelines.

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Below is a video moment from the recent TVS Masterclass in Munich, Germany. The event was sponsored by RODE Microphones, TC-Helicon and our TVS Master Certified Instructor in Germany, Anke Lopezand her German team. This is a demonstration of three kinds of vocal distortion we teach at The Vocalist Studio.

1. “Overlay” Distortion.
2. “Overlay” Distortion with Husk 
3. “ESDI” (Extreme Scream Distortion Inhale).

The Passaggio (an Italian word meaning passage) is a popular term that denotes the mid-point between what is commonly referred to as the chest voice and head voice. Commonly referred by untrained singers as the “vocal break”, the Passaggio is probably the biggest nemesis to singers. The inability to sing through the Passaggio without constricting or breaking the sound column is probably the #1 problem for all singers. Indeed, the entire industry of voice teaching and voice technique would not even exist were it not for the “Passaggio” and all the challenges it can give us as we try to navigate around it in our singing. Singing technique is a lot about, how do we win the battle of bridging the Passaggio successfully. The process of phonating from one vocal register to the other is referred to as “bridging the Passaggio”.

Bridging the Passaggio without constricting or experiencing a break in your singing is very difficult. It requires very excessive practice, namely, training your TVS sirens over and over again. Practicing your TVS sirens and other vocal workouts will train your muscle memory to develop great physiology and acoustics for bridging, which care the two most important components to understand and appreciate when it comes to the business of bridging from your chest voice to your head voice.

Enjoy This Lecture on “The Most Difficult Note”, From The TVS DVD/CD/Book Training System, “The Four Pillars of Singing” 2.0

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