Do you get a hoarse voice from singing? I gave a Skype singing lesson tonight and my student and I were doing a serious session about the singing tongue. We did a few tongue exercises and then we reviewed a little bit from my first singing tongue lesson post, mostly using the photo below the crazy "I Can Has Cheeseburger" type cat at the top of the post. We talked about the importance of the tongue and how it can muffle the sound of the voice if it is pulled back in the throat, forcing … [Read more...]
Singing Tongue and Phonation
I love the folks over at The Modern Voice forum and today I had a question from there. I liked my answer so much that I thought I would also post it here. Here is what Martin at the forum asked: I'm curious as to how the tongue is related to other "tongue partners" and how it can hinder your phonation? Here's my answer. Note: I took out anything that mentioned this website because you are already on this website: Great question, Martin! I hope I won't offend you in any way, but … [Read more...]
Singing Tongue Vowels
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Odd picture, isn't it? But the truth is, we all use our singing tongues to communicate with each other. Somehow that doesn't sound quite right, but hey, I'm just going to get this information out as fast as I can, so forgive me if I don't edit myself while I'm writing. I really meant to say that we all use vowels to communicate with one another and that we form the vowels with the shapes of our tongues. Anyhow, here's the important part of what this picture is all about: The … [Read more...]
Singing Tongue Lesson
Are you ready to power up your tongue? Because you've been asking for it, I've been working on a series of digital singing lessons that are affordable, fun and easy to understand. My series is called "YOUR TREMENDOUS SINGING VOICE" and I will be releasing various episodes as they are completed. I know it seems odd, but the first one I am releasing is Episode 4: "YOUR TREMENDOUS SINGING TONGUE". That's because of the requests I am getting for more and more help about how to use the … [Read more...]
Your Singing Tongue Part 3
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People love their singing tongues! Why do I say this? Easy. They keep asking for more help. If they didn't love their singing tongues, they wouldn't do that. It's that simple. Why does that matter to you? Well, if you were not looking for something to help you improve your voice, you wouldn't be reading this right now. So, I thought I'd tell you a couple of stories about 2 people who just finished previewing "Your Tremendous Singing Tongue", the 4th Episode in my series, … [Read more...]
Your Tremendously Long Singing Tongue
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A Long Singing Tongue I'm not sure what it is about a singing tongue that holds a certain fascination for people, myself included, but I am sure that knowing how to use your tongue for powerful singing is an absolute must. And the "longer" you stretch your tongue muscle the more you will be able to release its POWER for singing! Here's the short version... … [Read more...]
Your Singing Tongue (Mindset) – Part 2
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Your Singing Tongue Mindset I have never heard anyone mention this phrase, singing tongue mindset, so I am coining it here to give you a powerful tool for learning to sing better and improve your life in general. If you have not read Your Singing Tongue - Part 1, do that now and then come back here because I want to take you as fast as I can into this must-have mindset for better singing. So what is the singing tongue mindset? I like to break things down into smaller parts and use … [Read more...]
Your Singing Tongue – Part 1
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Your Singing Tongue, Friend or Enemy? We've all heard the proverb about a mighty ship being driven by a small rudder and how our tongues are like that. Just like the rudder of ship controls where the ship will go, the tongue controls what we say and reveals the attitude with which we say it. And since singing and speech are siblings and come directly from the voice patterns we learn when we are babies, both inside our mothers' wombs and after we are born (see my SingBabySing article on … [Read more...]
