Stop Singing From Your Throat
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- Опубликовано: 22 окт 2023
- Do you find yourself singing from your throat, struggling with tension, and longing for a smoother, more effortless vocal performance?
In this video, I'll share invaluable tips on how to breathe properly and support your notes from the diaphragm, releasing unnecessary tension in your neck and throat.
Key takeaways from this video:
Proper Breathing Techniques: Learn how to harness the power of your diaphragm to support your vocal notes. Say goodbye to the dreaded throat strain!
Tension-Busting Practices: Discover practical exercises designed to release neck and throat tension, allowing your voice to flow naturally.
Singing with Freedom: Explore the joy of singing without fear of vocal strain, enabling you to hit those high notes with grace.
By the end of this video, you'll be equipped with the knowledge and techniques needed to sing from the right place, leaving behind the days of throat strain and vocal discomfort.
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Hose analogy was great, best explanation I've ever heard to explain how to sing from the diaphram.
So glad it resonated with you!!
@@KClayMusic hose as in pursed lip breathing after concert?
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This is the BEST explanation I've ever heard with respect to singing! This is the most accurate educational lesson on breathing. It's so much easier to understand than, "Don't sing from your throat. Sing from your stomach."
Wow Thankyou for such a kind comment! I’m so happy it landed for you!! - and I totally agree!
I went from being told I'm not singing in the key to being told I'm a sharp and flat to being told my songs are very cool and what I changed was I imagined my vocal cords in my diaphragm instead of my throat
Wow this is a neat idea!
I am going to try that mental trick!
This 100%! I spend a lot of time with students explaining this very thing. Our vocal folds are like strings on a guitar - but instead of a finger vibrating them, the air does. And each frequencey (note) of vibration needs a certain amount of pressure to vibrate freely. The diaphragm is the nozzle, if it doesn't do its job, the throat will be the emergency dam and mess with our sound and be uncomfortable.
Absolutely!! I feel like this understanding is 100% dependant on a good analogy haha. Love this- nice to connect!
Just discovered you, as a Guitar instructor myself I must say I love your approach and presentation.
Thankyou so much!
Excellent explanation. Thanks. You just got another subscriber.
Hey, thanks! Welcome 😄
I often have tension headaches from neck and shoulders so know these stretches well but never thought it might help my singing. Thanks.
They will absolutely!!
Very helpful. Thank you :)
Glad it was helpful!
thanks so much for this!
You're so welcome!
Brilliant. Thank you.
You're very welcome!
Thankyou, such an inspired combination of explanation and demonstration. I've been singing for ages and generally use my diaphram well but your explanation helped me understand why it works and be more aware of when i lose it, especially when i tire. You're a great teacher. 😊
Glad it was helpful! Thanks so much for the beautiful compliment
Thank you for the Thorough explanation & It made sense!😊
Good an clearly explained. Thank you
Glad it was helpful!
Best explanation ive seen ❤
Yay I’m so glad it resonated w you. thanks so much!
Thank you! 🌷
You are so welcome!
Great lesson!
Glad you liked it!
Thanks for the video!
You’re welcome!
this is really helpful thank you❤
You're so welcome!
Thank you! My wife and I are a duet. We've been lucky to perform a ton this Christmas season. My vocal cords are sore and my range has become limited. I'll use your suggestions and hopefully my vocal cords stop hurting and I regain high and low vocals. I'm also sipping and gargling with a ginger, turmeric and honey mixture. We're not performing for a few weeks so I'm hoping by then it's better. I'll also work on my breathing and relaxing when performing.
Yes! Get that inflammation down :)
Good advice. Thank you🙂
You’re welcome!
Thank You!!!
You're welcome!
I would guess this is part of my problem. I also think of this analogy for ergonomic lifting. They say don't just lift something with your arms and back. Use your legs to take pressure off your back. I know when I sing I am only using about 40% of what I am supposed to. Meaning I am not using nasal passages, throat, diaphragm, etc to their fullest ability. Karen, I am still trying to absorb all your wonderful information. Thanks!
Absolutely! Focus on engaging your core but keeping it loose from the shoulders up.
The sinuses are also huge- I am hoping to post a video on that soon!
the moment I stopped singing from my throat, my singing improve imenesly, Thanks for sharing
You’re so welcome!!
Are you washing your hands with soap?
Thanks a million
You’re welcome!
Great advice. 👏👏🎶🎵 🎤
Glad it was helpful!
Great explanation ❤😮
Glad it helped!!
Thank youuu
You're welcome!
Thanks 👍😎❤️
My pleasure!
Thank you so much... Helpful. Im new here following your new your new video ma'am 😉
That’s great! You’re welcome!
Basically everyone possess their own tone. So just know and sing your own key. :-)
Yes! Your tone makes you unique!
Thank you for the video. It was really helpful. Do you think that the ability to produce pretty sounding vocals is largely muscular?
Absolutely. It’s subjective as well, but almost all aspects of your tone can be modified by paying attention to where you are resinating, your muscle engagement and how you are placing your vowels!
Start to identify exactly which tones you don’t and do like about your voice- and try to explain them and where they are in your body/face
cool thanks.
Very welcome!
Damn good explanation
Thank you so much!
Nice job
Thank you! Cheers!
Cheers
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Ahh, so that's what they meant! Thanks. :) I hope I get used to this, this sounds like it takes practice.
You got this!
Thanks for the tips. I just started noticing alot of tention in my throat. So i started trying to leave everything relaxed and rely on the air pressure from my lungs more. I never noticed it before. I see what you mean.
Yaa! Power it from down low! Oddly, squatting or doing things that make you engage your lower body while singing can be helpful too.
Ah, glad you explained the title. On reading it I was thinking, "But I have to arrange to have the sound appear to be coming from that depth in order to get those really low notes." Turns out that wasn't what was meant.
Lol! I know, it’s one of those weird phrases in the singing world. (There are a few!)
Core is impacted by hernia and one lung is atrophed 80© due to involuntarily ingesting second hand smoke growing up. Sure wish i didnt have these issues and could sing "normally." 😮😊❤
Sending love! Keep singing, it’s so healing ❤️🩹
I’ve heard it said you can’t do vocal fry with any tension in your throat, so it’s seems like a good exercise for relaxing before singing.
Vocal Fry is usually caused by tension or not enough airflow! Its not dangerous if you use it in moderation but be careful it doesn’t create tension for you
This video just came up when I was literally thinking about what's wrong with me singing my new song...
I hope it helped!!
Appoggio most important it eliminates so many problems
And great for ear training!
Hey Beautiful,
Nice to have your perspective this evening. My ear training occurred naturally as I sang with my parents in church. And as a kid I learned by ear always walked around the house singing along with radio and my ability to sing on pitch became very sharp ( also learned the drums by ear and then formed a group) My forte was soul music I didn't pursue voice lessons until much later. Now understanding that appoggio in absolutely essential sing the repertoire I love to perform. Jams with a fat sound and higher compass. OK, young lady I will stop now@@KClayMusic
I use the ' Caruso's Method of Voice Production" for breath control and vocal production. Same technique as Pavarotti@@KClayMusic
Do you give vocal lessons like on video chat ect., I have been having a lot of trouble not singing from my throat and I'm a backup singer in a Metalcore Band & guitar player?
Hey! Ya I do- I’d love to help with that :) I have some options here
calendly.com/kclaymusic
I had to stop taking voice lessons because my throat would get so tight (a problem I would also have speaking sometimes). I'm surprised my teacher never suggested this
Wow, yes you need to work on tension! This is something I help students with in lessons ALL THE TIME. since our instrument is our body, it’s almost a daily thing for every singer
I took a break and started learning blues harmonica so I could continue having a musical outlet. It's also helping me to get in touch with, and control things like my soft palate, tongue, and holding.
@@KClayMusic
Wow, a constriction in a pipe will reduce the pressure energy of the fluid going through it, and increase the kinetic energy, it will flow faster with less pressure, the gas having to go though a narrowing at the same litres per min will speed up , increasing kinetic energy but decreasing pressure energy. Any ways that what they taught me but I am sure you are right about singing. If you dont believe me hold 2 A4 pieces of paper by the short side with the long sides dangling down and very close together. Blow in between them to blow them apart. You won't do it, theyll move close together. Venturi effect. I still liked and subscribed.
This is really cool. In singing, we call the minimum pressure of air needed for the vocal folds to vibrate PTP. (Phonation threshold pressure). So if you went producing that pressure, you won’t be able to make noise. It changes at each pitch as the vocal folds are a muscle and change shape and size to make different pitches.
There is a category of vocal exercises called SOVT (semi-occluded vocal tract) exercises. They include a blockage of the vocal tract usually at the oral level, which creates back pressure. The back pressure helps the vocal folds function easier as they balance out the extra pressure singers usually apply from below the folds.
The alignments between the two are awesome!
Wow! Thanks ! I would love to sing better. I do karaoke and am always straining my voice. Bass-can't sing high @@KClayMusic
Hi Karen, very helpful, but how can I sing higher notes, or is my baser voice limited? ❤
Singing into the high range is all about ditching tension, and reducing air pressure. (Try stretching and moving around- swaying etc- when you sing. Also, pull back on volume without losing the “chest voice” qualities. The more relaxed you can be the better.
I’ll make a full video on this!
I do a vigorous ab work out so my “engagement” may be different. How do you know what is too much engagement? Also some people say to “lean out & down” I’m thoroughly confused….
Go watch my newest video! It goes through what breath support and core engagement really are
Here’s a link
ruclips.net/video/KSL3r8YGfv0/видео.html
I used to be able to sing smoothly, til I started to belt high notes. Now, I am more pitchy, some notes get choppy, especially last note in a line. It feels as if not enough air and throat feels tight. I try to relax and sing but still can't. On a good day, the condition is better but mostly not. Is this a throat problem? Great explanation though, hope it'll help!
Sounds like a breath support thing! I just posted a video on this, I’ll link it here
ruclips.net/video/KSL3r8YGfv0/видео.html
Can I learn to sing better? Like carry notes that sound better in my vocal range?
Yes you can. There’s a lot of vocal coaches here on RUclips you can learn from. They track vocal exercises that help with that and all sorts of things.
Just type in what you want to learn and there’s bound to be a few videos come up for it. Hope this helps
Also, I made a playlist for this type of stuff if you wanna check it out.
Absolutely!! It’s all muscular
How can I use my belly to sing? I always use my throat but I want to try something different
Check out this video! ruclips.net/video/KSL3r8YGfv0/видео.htmlfeature=shared
what about breathing for after concert to calm down?
Your breath will naturally come down, but if it’s helpful you can always do some long, slow breaths!
@@KClayMusic do you have video of you backstage doing ths? have you ever been open mouth chest heaving after concert?
do you have video of you backstage after concert breathing?
@@KClayMusic what about you yourself whats the most you been out of breath 1 to 10 mouth after concert? are you natural calming or using techniques like back to wall bent over mouth gasping gulping?
When I sing out my voice sounds weak and cracks how will I strengthen it without sounding weak
I would start by focusing on having consistent airflow. Make sure you’re exhaling at a consistent pace while you sing :)
How can I send my voice record to you mam
Hey! Here is a link that includes one on one lessons and video submission feedbacks!
calendly.com/kclaymusic
I'm doing this but still feel tension in my throat 😕. Im just confused. It's like I'm doing both. Throat and breathing. Does that makes sense?
Tottaly! Try hanging upside down.
Muscle tension takes a while to work out of. Stretch, do massages, sway while singing, it’ll loosen over time
Can you help me because I cannot sing cause my my veins keep popping out and it hurts
Absolutely!! Check out all the ways we can work together at this link!
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That's awesome 😎 thanks 🙏🌹
You are so welcome
KClay in my opinion it would be awesome going to a library and chatting with a librarian to know about their opinion to compare a book 📕 📖 📚 to a studio album 💿 example the outsiders I would use it as a example for a book 📕 📖 📚 or any book 📕 📖 I would use for example like Harry Potter and the scorcher’s stone. And compare it with a studio album 💿 example Vertical Horizon Everything You Want it has 11 chapters and the total 🟰 duration is about 45:45 my opinion is In my opinion the number is a chapter which means a main division of a book, typically with a number or title while the song title is a song title more of chapter 1 leaning towards book 📕 📖 📚. For me as a listener studio album 💿 and book 📖 📕 are the same. Because both books and studio albums have a song title and a number right next to it which is book 📕 📖 📚 and chapter. It dosen’t matter how you say it if an album total 🟰 duration is about 29:25 and it has about 10 chapters it would considered a mini book 📕 📖 📚 but an album that has 8 chapters and the total 🟰 duration is about 49:37 it would consider as a full book 📖 📕 📚 to me it dosen’t matter how long or short the albums are but in my preference albums are books 📖 📚 📕. It is a cohesive collection of songs used to tell a bigger theme or project an overall vibe. Think of an album as a book. And your songs as chapters.
Every book has chapters. Every album has songs.
Each chapter is different. Each song is different.
But the collection of chapters (the collection of songs) is what tells the full story of the book (of the album) 💿. Usually the songs on an album are the result of an artist's creations during a season of life. This means the songs can all speak to a similar set of themes, ideas and topics. So the aim of an album name is to try and sum up the big story/concept that all the songs pull from when they were written. It's not always like these, especially today. But traditionally, an album is like a "book" with the songs inside being like "chapters." chapters in a book yes taking taking the different song sections and compiling them building out a story is like a mini book with different chapters and uh adding in those details to make the song really shine . Chapters of the book are very detailed and some people say instead of track one they say chapter one yeah 👍. so with the different uh uh the analogy to storytelling is is
maybe not even an analogy it might even be like exactly the same because the song lyrics are in essence telling a
story um other people who said the music of the words uh or the music of the words then
the Rhythm then the bass then the basic Baseline Melody then tweak the words then detail of the melody harmonies then
transitions then tweak the harmonies then recycle ♻. And ask the librarian her own opinion about it and ask the librarian is it a big cd case or small cd case. And I hope you would do a RUclips video on it and spread the word that would be awesome 😎.
I think a lot ppl end up tightening their neck when they try to "tighten" their core.
Absolutely!! This is one of the hardest things, engage the core but keep it loosey goosey shoulders up
I love my throat than my nasal area😂
If you’re struggling with nasality vs throat tension- look into stretching your tongue!
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Hello!
Hi, when I have to sing in front of people, I feel tight in the neck and shoulders what is a better way to get rid of tension .
Thanks,
Lisa.
this book and meditations in it - Effortless Mastery
Hey! Do a stretch and some “focus time” before you perform to get your mind right, and then sway while you sing and bend your knees to keep your body From tensing up.
Getting rid of that tension will make a huge difference!
Thanks 👍
Does Rod Stewart know about this?
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and what about throat singing? 🤔
Much more guttural!
The vocal coach lingo can be so confusing!
I agree!! Happy to clear up anything confusing!!
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Does it mean that if I sing all day I will get a six pack?
Bruhh😂😂😂
Thanks😃, I have stoped singing from my throat and my farts sound much better😄
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