Learn to sing with LESS Vocal Tract CONSTRICTION |
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- Опубликовано: 13 июл 2024
- Today, we are going to discuss and workshop that pesky pest known as singer’s tension, or what some vocal pedagogues refer to as constriction. I think most of us can relate to those notes, often found at the top of our range, that feel like they’re almost strangling us as we sing.
We have three pharyngeal constrictor muscles: the superior or upper pharyngeal constrictor, the middle constrictor and the inferior or lower pharyngeal constrictor muscle. These constrictor muscles are the very same muscles that, for many of us, will want to tighten and constrict when we sing higher notes. Actually, there are a few others as well, including some immediately above the vocal folds, but for now, let’s just focus on the pharyngeal constrictors.
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This is a tremendous help! I sang professionally for several years in my youth. I sang more or less "intuitively" without any clear notion of my voice/body as an instrument to which technique could be applied. Until watching this video and doing the exercises I never realized, for instance, how much vocal tract constriction I was carrying back then. Now here I am, decades later, working my voice back into shape - no damage done to it in the intervening years - and improving! I have learned so much from this and all your other videos, Dr. Dan. I like your style as much as I like the information you present. I'm 75 years old (male) and I'm singing - if you can believe it - better than ever! Thank you!
I definitely need to do this exercise, there are high notes both in my belting range and in Falsetto that I Can do, but my throat feels so constricted that I avoid them. Thanks for another great tip Dr Dan. The scientific approach you take is the most effective.
oh god, i found a NON BORING CHANNEL ABOUT VOICE!
Welcome to the Voice Essentials community Jane!
OMG looking up at the ceiling was a GAME CHANGER! I sang higher than I thought I could ever sing!!!!
You, sir are who I have been looking for, since, well a long time. Voice constriction absolutely halts a singer from reaching their notes correctly. With freedom of movement and ease. Thank you is not enough.
dr dan 😭 I have NEVER felt such freedom with my voice than I have just now trying the drinking position exercise! I’m nearly in tears. i’m so excited to work with this exercise! thank you!!!
I love you Dr. Dan! Thanks for all of your helpful and fantastic videos!
What an amazing tip!
Thanks Doc!😊❤️
Thank you so much for doing this! This is amazing!
¡Excellent video! Super helpful indeed!
very helpful...been frustrated with this...thank you for sharing
This guy is great! I’m sorry to share this but nobody knows this about me.
Despite being told I had a beautiful voice, I found it extremely difficult
to sing. So many people encourage me to do it. After having training, It didn’t make
much difference. My notes were stronger, I sounded good but I was just as tired.
For me, 30 minutes singing was more exhausting than walking for 24 hours.
I tried again a few years later. I also gave up smoking and it was a little easier
but not enough. It just drained me :( I miss it and feel jealous of anyone that can
sing without feeling exhausted! It’s probably the only thing I’m jealous about.
So, If you are just starting out. I hope you can enjoy your gift!
Super Dr. Dan!! Thank you so much:)
finally found a channel that actually helps! thanks a lot!
Welcome to Voice Essentials, Deyn!
thank you thank you! Grazie! Obrigado!!!! Great. it really is a good way for understanding where we put all our tensions! I'm getting down to working on it ! Will let you know! Cheers
Very helpful. Thanks a lot.
Second exercise looking the sky while singing helped me find out my real voice no more strain. THANK YOU DR DAN
This is exactly the channel I was looking for!! Came from Schmovies!!
you're the best dr. dan... thank god we are in the youtube generation... thank god sir i found you... you are a phenomenal teacher.
You're awesome!
Very good info I am going to start using the head back technique today
Thank you Dr Dan for sharing this, this is best playlist I can find which suits me thanks a lot :)
You're most welcome!
Give Thanks Dr. Dan. This exercise really made a big difference. I felt it.
You're very welcome!
Thanks!
Rhanks man , it reduced my pain
thanks!
U sir saved a lot of us ✌
There's high notes that I do easily when doing exercises. But then, when singing a song, I can stop thinking I have to do an extra effort and that feeling its hard to change. I think that in a deep level I'm in love with that idea and for that reason singing a song is hit or miss for me. It depends on the day and the weather..
Thanks for the discussion of constriction! I noticed that some of the people I try to sing with become difficult to sing with at times. I feel that the 'tuning space' has disappeared and notes that are well within upper my range become difficult to sing unless I drop and octive or simply to stop trying to singin full voice and go breathy or wait for the beginning of a phrase when the others mysteriously 'reset' the 'tuning space'...I think that somehow the 'disapearing tuning space' and pharyngeal constriction may be related somehow, because when I stop and tilt my head up and sing without really listening to the others I can almost find my voice again. I've almost decided to stop singing old favorites (like christmas carols) with my friends because invariably become difficult to sing to accompany and I end up trying to over sing them hoping that they might listen to ... little old me. :)
I'm so infinitely grateful to you, you saved me: I've been singing my whole life and I have many skills but with my timbre I haven't encountered the positive feedback I need many, many times as a professional singer. this exercise where you look up has completely changed my tone in my timbre. My voice sounds really nice now. thank you so much
I'm glad you enjoyed the video D. K.. Thanks for watching.
Second exercise is easier and effective. Thanks, Dan.
You're welcome!
Thank you for this valuable information!
My pleasure!
Thank you for the insight! Very useful information
I'm glad you enjoyed the video phatato. Thanks for watching.
Hey Dr. Dan! I've been subscribed to this channel for awhile now and found that your exercises and explanation really help in addition to my voice lessons with a voice teacher! I've seen a lot of improvement in producing a natural sound. Sometimes, I practice on a "mmmmmm" on do-re-mi-fa-so-fa-mi-re-do. When I'm in the middle or lower registers, my lips tickle and vibrate a lot. But, as I get higher, the tickling disappears. I feel like I'm losing the aim of the sound as I get higher. Furthermore, as I do octave exercises for vocal warmups, I think I feel my larynx pop up sometimes. I don't know how to keep it from doing that! Thanks again!
Thank you for linking me to this playlist now I can sing better.....tnx Dr. Dan🤗🤗 and I subscribed...!!
Welcome to Voice Essentials, Tan-Tan!
another great video thanks xox
You're welcome Mae Blue. Thanks for watching.
Thanks for your advice Doctor Dan:3
I have a sore throat from being sick, but as soon as I can, I will try some of these techniques!👌
Dr Dan's Voice Essentials Hello Dr. Dan, I also sore throat due to a cold. Can you give me some tips in healing my voice faster? Thank you so much!
A mazing
You're a sweetheart thank you
Thanks for watching Rachel Morosky!
Hi Dr Dan how do you scream the correct way or yell for metal/rock genre? without damaging your vocals
Hi Dr Dan. I found this video to be: interesting, helpful and encouraging. Thank you. I will be back for more - Louise
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you so much!! I’ve been trying to figure out for a long time what’s going on with my throat when I sing. But it’s not just high notes for me. It’s any singing. I’m hoping these exercises can help cuz it’s fatiguing and my voice gets shaky and I can’t hold a strong note because of it. I just subscribed! 😊
Happy to help!
One of the best explanation I've found ! My singing teacher just said me draw back your head for the high pitches....Ok, as you said it may take time to learn the good position of the constrictors but that's the way. Straw exercices can do that well ? I've problem to sing in studio while at home it's good, in studio while high volume instruments, I intend to sing louder and i cannot reach my top notes, what's helped me, is to sing in fry scream position that I think put back those constrictors or/and open or enforced my back throat, so around pharynx zone to stay wider :)
I'm glad you enjoyed the video Christophe Wolek. Thanks for watching.
Dr Dan, is it ok to feel vibration behind the neck as you're singing when you put hand on your neck as you do 2:57?
Thanks Dr. Dan
I get more tension when i try to sing softer especially in the bridge area
Great information thank you. I purchased that program you have with the music. Haven't had a chance to really look over it yet but can't wait!
Dr Dan's Voice Essentials.. thank you! I'm looking forward to it. Already mentioned to you previously but you probably don't remember cause I'm sure you're inundated with messages. I purchased a program with another instructor on udemy but like you said on a pervious video sometimes it takes several different explanations from different sources to understand a particular concept. I really like your style though. That's why I purchased your CD. Please continue doing what you do.
Dr Dan's Voice Essentials... There you go. That's what you said. Thank you for not making me feel guilty. Lol😂
I struggle with a lot of tension when singing, sometimes even when I'm not trying to go high or low, just in my normal register. Starting these exercises now, here's hoping I can keep them up for several weeks!
hi! can I have news about its effects? i think i experience the same thing as you do
5:55 lol. Anybody else sound like hank hill when they do this. Thanks for the vid btw
5 note scale. 3 note arpeggio :)
Do the false vocal folds cause constrictio.
The false folds can be involved in constriction.
The closed mouth exercises work for me, but the tilted head brings about a lot of tension for me. Any suggestions to help not constrict when i go higher ?
Hey Dr Dan, thanks for this informative vid and great advice!
I can understand looking up at the ceiling stretches the constrictor muscles, and you can gradually learn to relax them in the normal head position..but what is the mechanism behind the covered mouth technique?
what should we be feeling and what range should one do this eg. over an octave? esp as higher notes will cause constrictors to kick in.
Hope that question made sense!
cheers,
Linda.
Dr Dan's Voice Essentials ah, thanks!😊
why can't i see what dr dan replied to your initial comment?
I'd like to see the initial Dr Dan answer. How can I?
Hi Dan, wow, I've never seen this exercise before. This really helped get rid of the pinching vibration that I constantly speak with at the back of my throat. I've commented before about my Muscle Tension Dysphonia and thanks to your videos I have gotten rid of it 90% but I sometimes, on rare occasions, get some jaw tension but it's not as serious as this constriction in my pharynx. My speech therapist says that I talk and sing from the throat and yes, it hurts and I can tell that I'm doing it wrong because I feel vibration in the back of my neck. I'm just a little confused about the tongue position influencing the constriction in the pharynx because my tongue position is relaxed behind the bottom teeth and I am getting that nice breath. Is there anything else that might impact this?
Thanks for your help with always posting these videos.
Hi again Dan, so sorry for commenting so much but I experimented with the AH vowel just then and used my index finger to push the back of the tongue down and forward (like when the doctors check down your mouth with a paddle pop stick) and BIG DIFFERENCE, there's was absolutely zero constriction. Are our tongues supposed to be down and forward like this when singing and talking? Not sure if this can work for contemporary and everyday speech
I'm going to try these techniques! I also bought your vocal exercise album and was wondering if I'm going to sing, do I have to do all the exercises before performing? Thank you!
Dr Dan's Voice Essentials okay! Thank you very much!!
I got into C5 in mixed voice when singing in a tilted position. I just have to focus on relaxing and singing gently but clearly without being breathy. Great videos.
I'm glad you enjoyed the video Michael Nguyen D.. Thanks for watching.
Did this exercise help you expand your range? I'm currently stuck at B flat.
Dr. Dan, what’s the purpose of covering the mouth in the exercise? Thank you!
It slightly changes the pressure within the vocal tract.
Dr Dan! Should it be able to go from low notes to the highest ones with tilted head? because for me it seems like there's a blockage at the certain note when I try to go higher if I don't want to change anything. Maybe I'm used to use head voice in a wrong way?
Thank you, Dan! Also, do You have a video about how should we use air while singing, how to not overforce our vocal folds/throat and instead how to use breath? I've seen your videos about breathing itself, but for me it seems that whenever I start singing, there's more pressure/tension at the vocal folds area than compared with talking.
I always tilted my head back when I sang when I was younger and they said I was straining my voice☹️
DR Dan, I just relised i do this when I sing, I like clench that part on high notes, especially on the ee vowel, I think it will make a huge different if I can stop
I think I can stop if I use a not trying mentally, seems to help
Why do I have swallowing (dysphagia) problems when drinking liquids after singing with a lot of twang? I can't drink anything without choking on it. It's awful.
I have lots of problem with tension I’m still trying to understand breathing
Very helpful but what is the name of the art work around 2 minute mark. I was mezmerized.
I'm glad you enjoyed the video. The artwork you mention is merely stock video. Glad you liked it!
Is is possible to use your lessons to improve your podcasting voice?
Does underbite create issues for singing in high keys
It will depend on how significant the underbite is...
I could sing with head tilted, no problem, but after that my neck hurts (around the larynx) and even the next day I feel this choking sensation without even speaking or singing. Why?
The choke game is so real. I find that mine comes from starting that high note but thinking it sounds strange and clamming up. Especially while recording - and I absolutely hate hearing my recorded voice. Is that how people really sound or is what I hear the real me?
(I've never been trained, I've just been singing since I could talk and I like to think I'm pretty decent, but listening to recordings takes me down a peg real quick 😅)
I'm nowhere near professional in singing, but the fact that you're untrained and you haven't mixed and mastered your vocal tracks could be the reasons. If you're really determined you could learn everything about singing from the beginning haha. Of course don't just straight away compare your voice with famous singers, everyone's voice is unique and hey, you still have a long way to go!
Btw I have been singing with severe vocal tension, so correcting this bad habit is quite difficult for me (sometimes I just want to give up!). But I'm still trying.
For me, I sound the best in the shower while the worst in my recordings too.
@@chengliklik thanks for your words of wisdom 😊 I do need to go back to basics before I get back on stage. I used to be able to *mimic* Dolores O'Riordan, but mimicking isn't enough 😂
Also, yes. Shower and car singing is always the best 😂😂😂
Dan, I need your help, I've been struggling with crack and dry voice for some times now, I can't sing well anymore
Janet Olaleye, the following video about vocal recovery may prove helpful - ruclips.net/video/4KP-PIt005o/видео.html
Hi I have a question. I have been on vocal rest for the weekend after practicing on weekdays, and when I came back to practice today, and I noticed I had a really hard time with this exercise and just reaching my higher range in general.Keep in mind, I had been using these exercises almost every day for last week and it worked extremely well. I started this practice routine last week with me practicing during the week and resting during the weekend. Idk if the reason this is so difficult now is because since I didn't practice for two days, my vocal folds needs to get back into it. It starts to crack when I hit the 5 note scale of G#4 (keep in mind Im going from c4 to c5), and from then on it becomes a real struggle, where as last week I had significantly less a hard time, or at least it felt that way. DO you think that its just my vocal folds getting back into the swing of things? Thanks
Ducky, it may be that you actually overdid things the week prior and that your voice is still a little fatigued from last week's work out. I would recommend resting the voice for another couple of days and then getting back into things, only practising every second day to start. In the meantime, the following videos may prove helpful - ruclips.net/video/8I8s14EVFR8/видео.html
Thanks so much! This is really helpful! I really appreciate it! Thank you. Also I realized that my practice routine last week wasn't almost every day, I have terrible memory, it was maybe 2-3 days out of 5. Thank you anyways though, I think you are completely correct.
How many octaves would you say is Bass D to Bb 4? thanks and I am massaging my neck near the larynx and looking up.. I am trying everything to get tension out of me
Mike, that is just over two and a half octaves.
Okay I am thinking something different I think she was wrong as I know I can sing as low as Bing Crosby and as high as Johnny Mathis.. without supported falsetto.. I am so darn confused the woman didn't play piano so maybe she is saying Bb5 and it is 5 I am not a pianist either and wish to God I was.... If you ever heard Johnny mathis I sound JUST like him I can sing as high if not a little higher and as low as actually Ed Ames.. I know these are American siingers although Johnny Mathis LOVES England and played here many times Wish I could visit there
I noticed your adams apple doesn't move very much when you do these. Mine moves a lot, is that something I should be working on?
Jim Farris, the following video about laryngeal position may prove helpful - ruclips.net/video/uiPVjecFpmw/видео.html
I notice a lot of tension around my larynx when I start to sing in the tilted back position - so much that it both hurts and prevents me from singing any higher. Should I continue the exercise and attempt to release those muscles? Thanks a lot
Matsab, you need to try to 'release' that tension as you continue to practice the activities. This being said, don't 'over-do-it!'
@@DrDanRobinson thanks. i've just found your videos and am finding them extremely helpful.
What if I don't feel anything in the back of my throat or neck?
SirSnail, the following video about singing with sensation may prove helpful - ruclips.net/video/BdKrfl2j7eI/видео.html
Dan, my throat has been hurting for years now whenever I sing but I thought it was normal so I didn’t do anything about it, but then I found out yesterday that it wasn’t in my case when it got unbearable and it’s not healing .what should I do?
I would suggest seeing someone about what you're experiencing. I would start by seeing a Laryngologist for a full vocal health assessment.
Dr Dan's Voice Essentials ok thank you❤️ I will update u on what happens
What's the purpose of the first exercise?
The first 'covered mouth' activity helps you to become aware of any pressure throughout your vocal tract.
Hey Dan I noticed when I sing below g3 in my chest voice I strain and it feels uncomfortable but when I sing a3-f4 it feels much more better. Why is this ? Isn't because my chest voice isn't developed properly? Because everytime I sing below g3 I strain unless I sing soft, if I sing with volume I strain. For example on the song Chris Brown - With You. I strain on the song apart from the bridge where he sings between d4-f4 it feels a lot more comfortable. Am I doing something wrong or is tho just how my voice is?
My vocal teacher said that I need to darker te vowel wen singing the lower notes instead of singing them very light. But when I darker the sound my throat starts to hurt. Why is this?
My larynx actually raises up when I darker the vowels even if I sing from my diaphragm. But if I sing in a lighter my larynx stays at a nutral position. Does this mean my teacher is givin me wrong information? Should I change teachers?
People say I need to sing more in "my chest not my throat" what does this mean
Benjamin Rowell, the following video may prove helpful - ruclips.net/video/CAGR81QFIj0/видео.html
I honestly don't know what to do I've been singing for a while now and i don't know if my voice has improved or not. I don't even know what my true voice is. I've tried to sing in all different types of ways but it isn't working out. Can you give me so advice?
Hi, Keyana Parkes. You may find my online singing course helpful - drdan.co/onlinesinginglessons. Feel free to check it out sometime. The first module is free to preview!
It sure is easier said than done, in fact i can barley do it everything is so tight! I can barely make a sound when i tilt my head back and try to sing one note. It feels very uncomfortable. Am i doing something wrong? Do i just need to be patient, i know you said it takes time. Too much volume, air pressure and tension are things i am currently working on.
Janet Arredondo, the following video may prove helpful - ruclips.net/video/y1R7lccJGfY/видео.html
@@DrDanRobinson how do i find a good vocal coach that would be close to me. What do i look for? I'm old school and do not have the technology to do a skype lesson.
If you ever get to Arizona I'd like to take a class or do you ever do classes on face time?
I do offer online singing lessons. You can learn more here - www.djarts.com.au/product/online-singing-lessons
Is this exercise still effective if I hum while looking up at the ceiling instead of using open vowels?
Yes. You can start with a hum and move onto the vowels.
I can't sing while looking at the ceiling
Its seems impossible🙆
You speaking voice is so high is it for stylistic aspect or its natural
Natural.
Oooh good
How is it possible that on some songs I can get the high notes and some notes not
I think it's depending on the key of the songs
Praise Fredrick No because I can get the same key on a different song
EyedWeevil What Dr Dan said, and also how sustained the note has to be, and how much breath you have left when it comes.
EyedWeevil Same man...
It all depends where that note is situated and where it comes from ie what note/s are preceding the high note. Is it a step or a leap..? These two cases require different throat and support coordination. Also, notice if you're pharyngeal muscles are constricting or not.. Try and release jaw, tongue and pharynx tension on the notes before the high note, while increasing the twang without increasing breath pressure.
It's easy to me ...lol
Lol
We swallow 600 times a day?! Really now.
The "soundcheck" scene is used way too excessively, and is quite annoying.