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Changing Your Voice Part 3 – Modifying Your Tone

Please note: The purpose of these articles is to provide an introduction to some of what can be learnt from vocal studies and is in no way intended as a replacement for learning from a good teacher. If you learned to sing in classical choirs, you will probably have a clean, fairly flat voice whichContinue reading “Changing Your Voice Part 3 – Modifying Your Tone”

Changing Your Voice Part 2 – Expanding your range.

One of the first things I read about singing that I knew to be false was an old book in my school library that stated in no uncertain terms that “the vocal range is fixed and cannot be extended”. While it is true that there are physical limits to what your body and voice canContinue reading “Changing Your Voice Part 2 – Expanding your range.”

Changing Your Voice Part 1 – Overview

Singing and vocal teaching has changed a lot over the last fifty years or so, as popular music styles and musical theatre challenged the dominance of pure classical training. The constant of course is the instrument; whatever sound you want to make, you’ll be doing it with the same set of muscles, vocal folds andContinue reading “Changing Your Voice Part 1 – Overview”

Basic Voice Projection part three – General Tips

This is the third and final part in a series of articles I posted on the Magic Cafe in 2005, during my days performing escapology as Helen Held. Though this was written for magicians, the principles described are the same for anyone looking to develop their voice for the stage or any other setting. JustContinue reading “Basic Voice Projection part three – General Tips”

Basic Voice Projection part two – Confidence and Nerves

This is the second in a series of three articles I posted on the Magic Cafe in 2005, during my days performing escapology as Helen Held. Though this was written for magicians, the principles described are the same for anyone looking to develop their voice for the stage or any other setting. Just ignore theContinue reading “Basic Voice Projection part two – Confidence and Nerves”

Basic Voice Projection part one: Deep Breathing

This is the first in a series of three articles I posted on the Magic Cafe in 2005, during my days performing escapology as Helen Held. Though this was written for magicians, the principles described are the same for anyone looking to develop their voice for the stage or any other setting. Just ignore theContinue reading “Basic Voice Projection part one: Deep Breathing”