How to Raise Your Soft Palate and Open Your Voice
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- Опубликовано: 1 окт 2024
- Learn how to raise your soft palate and open your voice. This video will help you lift your soft palate to get rid of nasality, make room in your oral cavity for high notes, and add a more full tone to your voice. You will learn what the soft palate is and use two exercises to help you raise your soft palate.
Omg..... Literally my voice sounded better instantly 😭😭😭😭😭 new subscriber here!!!😭😭 THANK YOU SO MUCH💜💜
You did all the exercise?
@@vibenation2412 nah lol, I just figured out why my voice sounded so nasally....? It's cuz my voice wasn't like, open I guess you could say?
Army .....
Wow really??
Omg same
Me: **puts thumb in mouth**
My gag reflex: *guess who's back, back again*
Kkkkk i love Alyssa💘💘
i laughed out loud
Ok not trying to be negative minded,but their is deep throat spray.It is for sex,but I think you can still us it to help with the gagging thing.
reflex back, tell a friend,
reflex back
reflex back
reflex back
ooh waah wow
gag reflex: NOW THIS LOOKS LIKE A JOB FOR ME
XD🤣🤣🤣
Me:*Does all the exercises*. My parents:”is she ok?”
omg 😂 .. my parents actually almost ran away cuz tbey thought a ghost attacked me 😂
@@lamiasemonti1428 😂😂😂😂
😂
Me:doing the exercises
My family:wanna go to the hospital?
Me:why?
My family:....
😂😂😂😂😂
Ahahaha
Lol btw im 9
Me: *puts thumb in my mouth*
Also me: *gets the coronavirus*
Khaoticz HAHAHAHAHA that wasss what I was thinking about
Here!2020..corona
this is the only comment i laughed out on the whole internet for a while
Gee thanks! Gross
Y e A
I'm learning this for my first audition, I get nervous easily and this vid actually helped. The audiences (shampoo bottles) really loved it
🤣🤣
Toooo good
On which show u r going give audition
@@navyashreenash8504 ‘the shower’
That's great my audience don't really cheer for me
me trying to fake yawn:
my gag reflexes: AUAGKRJFR
Lol same 🤣
🤣🤣🤣🤣
*gags
ME
@@lunenia allora io. Sono. Italiana midispiace😭
Glad to see so many people trying to improve their singing during quarantine in 2020 😂
Because we decided to be an idol during quarantine😂😂
I wanna get the high pitch so I can sing heather by Conan Gray✨❤️
@@annmoshi9682 yaa 😂😂😂😂 wannabe 5th member of blackpink jokee
@@hazielkim6848 best of luck😂😂
K-pop idol
me: hangaaaaaa
mom: everything ok?
Lol
HaaaaaaaaYYYYAAAAAAS-
my dogs came running
I laughed so hard when i did that "HANGAAAAAAA"
@@uphar7879 mine too
All my life as a singer, from alto to soprano, NO ONE... taught me this.
All I always hear was of "breathing control" and "opening my mouth more". Not one person in my entire life has ever told me about this specific detail.
Yawning, yes. Opening my mouth, yes. But this!
THIS WAS THE MAIN DETAIL I NEVER KNEW OF!
23 years of singing. I watch this video. I can pull off singing high and low without worrying of scratches at the throat, or forcing more air pushes from my stomach.
I'm ready for the solo this Saturday. God bless this video 😭🙏❤
wow, so classical training is a scam?
This is crazy but I’m 23 and have been singing for as long as I can remember and in theatre school I could just never open my throat. I can sing well, but quietly and can’t project much. Every time I tried to sing louder and more open I’d lose the note. And literally today this changed everything! And yes, no teacher had ever told me that before :(
@@SyilvIshano ine said that lol it was actually my teacher who was a classical singer and can train for all types including classical that told me about this lol. But the thing it, most people will give exercizes that are based on a general principle without overwhelming with all the details why or sometimes they dont even know why but know it helps lol.
You are so well spoken and graceful with your teaching! This was really simple and easy to understand, so helpful, thank you
Me: ...I mean, I’m pretty proud of my singing-
Puberty: you were saying..?
Do you still try to sing now? Why or why not?
The Natural Singer uhhhhhhh, sometimes? But it honestly sounds pretty bad =w=
@@Theoriginalstarkittnd93 How would it feel if you could get your original singing ability back?
The Natural Singer uhm, I guess it would be nice..?
KawaiiKittyCatND 93 😂
Excersises start at 1:45
Tq but I saw your comment late.
Ty
Thanks man
Nadine Feery tq
Thx
3:34
Vid: ~hang~ aaaaaaah.....
Me: hung-aaaaaah ZABENYA!!!
Ichi babaaaaa!!!!
EDIT: i just realized, i think she humming the right note for the lion king in octave lower
Ben Jayson Bartolome this comment is so underrated😂
😂
A noodle came out of my nose. And its all thanks to you😑
@@noniwidjaja3622 Wth you ok sis? XD
@@fish9230yeah... after a few burning sensation on my nose... but yeah. Feeling better than ever
Love your way of explaining. I heard so many times from singing teachers :
" Open your throat. " I was so frustrated with that sentence cause it was never properly explained to me HOW to actually do it. And it never came to my mind to stick a finger in my throath.
Well, now I did.... I felt my soft palate, figured out what is the best position for it and my voice was instantly better.
Thank you
In so happy to hear that you found the video helpful Veronika. Thanks for letting me know and good luck with your singing 😊
11 YEARS OF PAIN WHILE SINGING!!! I’m AMAZED that in less than 5 minutes I’m singing without pain and pushing my vocals up 2-3 semitones! Never seen you before but after a lesson with my vocal coach about the soft palette being too tight while singing you are my first search on RUclips. I immediately tried calling everybody I know to share the accomplishment but no response so a comment will do. I’m subscribing immediately!!
Apparently I’ve already been subscribed to this channel so younger me KNEW you were goated
QwQ
...felt that.
shizetain 🤔
LOL XD
Sunny Nights omg lol
@shizetain I wanna sound like that-
*puts my thumb in my mouth
*PUKES*
xD
Same
My rib just cracked hahahaha
🤣🤣
Lmao same
“Don’t get sick!”
Coronavirus: let me introduce myself
you mean terrible diet and 5G?
@@LilGod777 uh?
LOL
Me:*puts thumb in my mouth*
Me again: **Chokes infinites**
No no no no. While, this is good background information, it’s counterproductive and potentially harmful advice. A lowered soft pallete is a symptom of a bigger problem. An improperly supported voice.
Consciously trying to raise your soft pallete, only leads to tension, and frustration. Here’s the reality. Your soft pallete will raise on its own when your breath support is right.
There’s a very easy way to know if the soft pallete is raised. Pinch your nose and sing any vowel. Did your tone change? Become more nasal? Your soft pallete isnt raised.
The solution is to fix your breath support. Take a proper full breath and try again. Pinch your nose. Your tone shouldn’t change.
But really, you’ll go much farther much faster, by addressing the underlying problem, rather than all the symptoms.
Some advice.. as singers we are voice actors. What makes the difference between a good and bad actor? Their delivery. A bad actor comes across as fake, and forced.
The same concept applies to singing. Learn to tap into the emotional context of the song. Tell the story with genuine emotion. Combine it with solid breath support, and everything falls into place.
One final piece of advice. Pay attention to your speaking habits throughout the day. Singing is just speaking on melody and rhythm. Properly supporting your speaking voice throughout the day, will directly translate into proper singing habits.
What I recommend:
- Take a good deep breath ( no need to obsess over it though ).
- Tap into the emotions of the song. The song is your monologue. Tell the story.
- Maintain good posture.
- Support your speaking voice throughout the day.
- Practice every day. 10 mins a day is better than 1 hour every Sunday.
Woah. Bro that clicks wit me. Some good fkn advice.
Interesting.
I literally kept gagging on 2:26 while I was doing it
S̶a̶d̶a̶f̶ ̶K̶.̶ I didn’t I have no gag reflex no homo
I just don’t like the way it feels...
Same, I couldn't do it. I keep gagging
I can hear your profilepic 😂😂😂
BSJAKDHSJSJ
wait is this the video that Billie Eilish watched when she was learning to sing 'cause it actually really worked really well :D
Damn!! 😂😂😂.. u kill 'er😂
How many days did you take to sing better
This was 2018 so probably not.
Thanks for a good lesson sister, I am Gibson Laurean from Tanzania, as a music learner I fail to distinguish between a head voice and chest voice, and which one is important in singing?
@@gibsonlauren5072 Chest voices are stronger and more powerful than a head voice, which has a breathy tone to it and is a lot higher. They're named so as they seem to vibrate inside your chest or head. I'd say both are important; a chest voice is good for powerful songs with a lot of emotion (take Into the Unknown from Frozen), while a head voice is used to hit very high notes, and often used in opera.
Me:Hangaaaaaaa
My parents:ARE YOU Ok we heard a diying cat 😨
Sorry but I just had to laugh 😂
Mr. Rosemary this wasn’t a joke they actully came in lol 😂
Lol I can't help it 😭😭😭😭😭
I do singing lessons with my mum and she's really good! She always says to try lift my soft pallet for more pure and clean sounds but i never understand so i decided to search it up and you've really helped!!
Thanks for this. Really useful. I really never understood this "soft palate" thing before but your demonstration was just what I needed. I've only been singing for two years now and practice daily exercises. I think this may be a big leap forward for me. Next open-mic: watch out!
Who else tryna find a new talent during quarantine? Cuz’ same 😊
Me lol
Me lol
It's me. Hahaha
3:40
Singgeek : Hang-Ngaaa~
Me : *_suddenly sing “I will always love you Chorus part😂_*
LOLLLLL
ME TOO lol
me: *puts my thumb in my mouth*
also me: *gags like hell*
Bad word! Bad child
If you pinch the bridge of your nose for 5 seconds then flick your forehead 2 times your gag reflex is gone :)
@@v4mp1r3babii that worked and it *really* scared me T-T does it come backkkkk?
ෆ vintage dreams ෆ Mine didn’t, I don’t know if it depends on the person :) But mine is gone
@@v4mp1r3babii aaaaa I hope mine comes back T-T
did you like, keep doing it? I only did it once, which was when I saw your comment T----T
Amateur singer here. I believe the arguments behind sounding “nasal” are completely backwards in this video.
When do people sound the most nasal? When they have a cold. What happens to their nose? It gets blocked. Lemme say that again: people sound the most nasal when they have their nose blocked.
So you want to fix “sounding nasal” by… blocking the nose?
Thanks for showing a little science behind this, I've been struggling with resonance because people just tell me to "imagine" putting my voice in places, but this video is very practical, at least for controlling the soft palate first ❤
Best explanation of soft pallet. Now I understand. Thank you so much
I'm so happy to hear that it helped you! Thanks :)
Singgeek palate
Why does your pfp look like micheal jackson from top view?
Thank you for this video! I’m a songwriter and now working on my own music. And discovered my “true” tone when I raised my soft palate just experimenting. Realized it was extremely hitting notes I struggled with. This explained everything I needed!
Really
That's great😃👍👏👏👏👏
I used to have a really high voice when I was younger, but as I got older my voice gets lower😭😭
Engene Sam hereee!!
Same🥺
That's puberty 😀
Are we talking 12-23 years, or within your adult life? Cause as an adult your voice does not have to drop, if you keep your muscles strong...
Seems like you're a male so it's pretty normal, your voice muted at puberty
Excellent lesson! I didn't even know what a "soft palate" is, but I'm ONLY 69-years-old, tryin' to sing since I was about 4. I'm excited to have a subject with which I can experiment. Thanks for posting!
Nice
Man i swear singing exercises are the weirdest funniest things ever
The thing with my voice is that my voice sounds good for 2 seconds but then I automatically lower my voice and then it sounds bad. Or when i try to go high pitched my throat just closes.
Lmao are you my twin sister? 😂it is exactly the same thing with my voice
btshatersare cockroaches I might be
same
@@btshatersarehorriblecockro1172 omg your username 😂😂💜
omg this five minute video just helped me out soooo much!!!! I have a problem with throat tension and i’m not sure if maybe it has to do that I am a beginner and timid about singing. sometimes it feel like my voice is stuck in my throat and it sounds flat 😟
I'm happy to hear that the video was helpful! Flat singing can be very frustrating, especially when you are aware of it, and it can make you feel self conscious about your voice.
It common for people, who feel timid about singing, to hold back on their natural sound volume which can make you sing flat. I'd recommend that you try singing out loud somewhere where you feel "safe" and see if you are still singing flat. Working on breath support can also help to get rid of flat singing. Hope that helps :)
Saaammeee
That's exactly how I feel! Any update on how you're doing now?
@@singgeek the only place I feel safe on singing is in the woods, but even there I feel like someone could hear me then I'll stop😢😂😅
Sorry, i think i need to work on my confidence first, but still...i want to sing better. My family are musicians so i know notes I can hear myself if I go off key, but...
Help.please😅😅
Singgeek yassss
1:24 i was like wtf how did you do that omg
Haha it took some practice for me to get there too :)
this helped a lot, I do exercises for my voice every day and now my voice isn’t as high pitched and it doesn’t crack anymore, thank you!!!😄
This is GREAT! Exactly what I need to know to help my kiddo out with her own voice (she wants to sing, like her momma, who’s not had much coaching beyond learning to *breathe correctly*)... & to keep up with this new 20-somethin degree-havin, James Taylor guitar-soundin, “all the scales and modes-knowin” music director at my church😬🥴😄✊🙌.
wtf when i yawned with my finger in my mouth, i gagged and sounded like a cat that was puking 💀
Me:*FEELS MY SOFT PALLET*
*Tastes salt water from the beach this morning*
eeeuuuuuue😳
Nice pfp
OOP XD
no one:
me: gagging throughout the whole video
It took a couple months to sing with an open soft pallet naturally, and boy what an improvement in the tone of my voice, my volume has improved (of which I was seriously lacking 😅), and control, and the ability to sing within mixed voice range longer & more steady without cracking, and to sing higher and lower notes more comfortably than when I started! Thank you for sharing your talent and knowledge! 💜💜😊
Me:(puts thumb in mouth)
My voice: UWU
Ok wow raising it was not as easy as I thought, especially KEEPING it raised! 😅 is that the position we’re supposed to maintain? Because I can’t keep that position without making a weird, constipated face lol
😂😂😂Yeah, that's what it's like in the beginning. Did it get stronger after exercising a few months?
Pronounce vowels farther back and make them brighter. Automatically raises it. But dont use American vowels. American vowels sound like Aee, Eee, Aiee, Ouu, Yuuu. Those are useless.
Instead use pure vowels and day Ah, Eh, Ih, Oh, Ooo.
Watch your palate raise automatically
Fuck. Off.
@@RejectedRecords1998 rude much
Yes makes sense
My vowels are always pure lol
BUT HOW DOES THAT WORK IF YOUR ONLY WAY OF SPEAKING IS AMERICAN ENGLISH D;
You saved my life literally. ❤️♥️😊😊😘💞
So happy to hear :) Thanks!
@@singgeek thank you so much
I actually felt it being raised when I did the surprising face it was AMAZING 😂
Thank you so much ❤️
@@singgeek but is it okay to do the surprising face in a high pitch or in a high tune 🎶
Thank you.
Medo Fawzy Yes it is, I saw you asked about the larynx earlier. Inhaling with the "surprised face" often lowers the larynx a bit too, which is helpful when singing higher. At one point when you've practiced more, you should be able to raise the soft palate without making the face :)
@@singgeek thank you
God bless you and make your day marvelous 😊😊🙏🙏
Now we are going to yawn
Me : okay
Also me: *gags*
i felt like i was going to pukeDD:
I can't do it it's just not working for me I hate life
Her: okay now put ur thumb inside ur mouth, but don't get sick
M: okay easy *do it properly*
Her: and now we'll yawn and feel the soft pallet
Me: uhh.. ok? (do it anyways)
*PUKES*
Me too
So quick question for any singers , when do I raise my soft palette when singing, all the time ? Just for high notes??
depends on the song you want your sound like. but I try to raise all the time and practice till I get used to it.
If you wanna sound nasal, you don't raise it, if you want people to understand your words you raise it.
You're really helping me figure out a lot of things, please keep doing it, i'll try to share and support your channel, thank you so much :)
Hi again :) Thanks Samuel Andre. I'm really happy to hear that you find the lessons helpful. And thanks for your support!
Great explanation!!
I usually struggle at E4-F4 (I'm newbie baritone), but now with this position a-la-home-alone and with my soft palate raised to close my nasal passage I can reach C5 ... and loudly at that ... I sound like a horny seagull, but I hope I can work on it to put more mix and make it sound more natural.
Also after trying this and hitting the notes from A4 to C5 several times, it's much easier to reach E4-F4 !
Thank you!
I feel I'll be going over your whole channel! :)
Whoooaaa, the trick with the yawn really made me realize the difference!! I always felt my voice came out a bit nasal, now I understand how to avoid it, this made a difference INSTANTLY!! Thank you so much
So could I theoretically just keep my nose plugged while I sing an entire song to see if I'm raising my pallete? Great video btw :)
Hi Dapper Dan, Thanks for your question! Yes that would be a good way to check it. Just be aware that the air will go in your nose when you sing words with 'm' or 'n' sounds. These sounds are natural nasal sounds which automatically lowers the soft palate. Hope this helps, otherwise please don't hesitate to ask again :)
@@singgeek O_O how would you sing then when you have many many words with m and n in the lyrics?
@@sanfernvalley619 Dont sing those letters probally, just use the rest of the letters.
@@singgeek does the same thing happen with eh noise or am I doing it wrong?
I put the finger in the back of my mouth when I was yawning.. Omg broo
When those a capella voices begin I feel like I'm in Pitch Perfect
Stayyy
@@pearlferns Yep 👀
@@idkhowigohere hey!
Heyy stay❤️
@@BlueJayy02 ❤️✨
Me being a girl and have a deeper voice 💀
Even though I felt uneased about shoving my thumb to the back of my mouth, the yawning sensation helped me get a better image anyways. I'm gonna use it and start practicing with this so that I get into the habit of it.
I don’t have trouble raising my soft palate I have trouble keeping it raised while I sing
Same
Try singing when you're sleepy, i mean when you're yawning try making high pitched sounds
It's the breathe you take in that opens the soft pallet and keeps it open. If you breathe correctly it will open by itself. Opening the soft pallet without using the breathe will cause you to strain.
Pinch your nose
Me:i think this is kim taehyung vocal exercise *hang-aaaaaaaaah zabenya
I like your videos! I was trying to explain hard and soft palate to a friend, and this is such an easy way to explain. Great information, thanks a bunch!
I've tried to explain how to make this work, but never could - after a few minutes, I was able to feel my palate move up and down - THANK YOU SO MUCH - You are a great teacher!!
My last singing teacher did this with another student once. The ng-sound is the key. My eye trick is to try threatening someone with the eyes, so they know your voice is about to kill them. The bullets are not being changed from the throat, but from below the diaphrame; or more precisely, from the bottom 😅
The best advice I received for opening the soft palate is to completely allow the breathe you inhale to open it for you. As you press the breathe against the diaphragm it will keep the soft palate open for as long as you need. This really helps to prevent straining.
Thank you for this, I use to hit crazy notes when I was young but I left singing behind. I wanna be a music artist and I wanna get back into singing but something was wrong and this is it, thank you
"Put your thumb in your mouth"
Me : okay I'll put on some sanitizer first.
Also me : puts on ten times the amount of sanitizer that she usually puts on.
Ad: *how to sing better*
Me: it's just coincidence...
Hi! Just a question: do you have any guidelines for when using a raised soft palate and when nót. I discovered this recently and have been practising a lot. My high notes sound a lot fuller, but now I’m also wondering how to finetune this technique. Is it advisable to keep your soft palate high as a default mode, orrrrr is it just for the really voluminous parts of a song?
I found this confusing. I hear the difference in sound that she demonstrates. But she implies that it is best to sing with your soft palate "raised" all the time. However, in my singing lessons, my teacher always emphasized what she called "free" singing, i.e., not forcing your muscles into held positions. She said singing should feel as natural and effortless as talking. But she also demonstrated the importance of both the nasal passage and the throat/mouth passage in singing. That "nasal" sound demonstrated by this teacher is not a "normal" one because it is created by blocking the mouth passage with the back of the tongue. It is best to keep both mouth and nose open and sound flowing freely through both.
Soft palette, at least for my vocal coach talking to me as a man but I doubt it’s much different for women, should be lifted gradually as you go higher in ur range.
Great explanation! Are there any good exercises to do when you feel that your nose sometimes sound stuffed singing phrases in a song (i assume due to lack of control of the soft palate) when switching between say the consonant m and a vowel.
I also found one thing that is really tricky to do if you don't raise the soft palate, and that is to do a normal whistle since all air escapes though the nose.
Is it normal to feel my ears getting closed when raising my soft palette?
it's not gross at all ! it's necessary to know this stuff about our body to be a better singer, thanks for showing exactly how it works.
Everyone says my voice is squeaky but to me it’s deep so I’m doing this-
1:04 THATS WHY ME AND MY BROTHER CANT BREATH PROPERLY ONLY ONE OF MY NOSTRILS WORK >:) 🤠
*Me singing
*My Parents: I think we need to send our son to rehab.
oof, when you watching a sing video to apply on your screams. Wth how i yawn with a finger inside mouth xd.
This is hands down the best explanation of this principle on RUclips.
It instantly made sense.
Thank you very much.
Nice, it was so nice to see what it looks like lowered and raised.👍😄
Thanks! I hope you have fun singing :)
2021 ? ... Tell me please that I'm not alone here 🙂💔
I’ve had so many instructors tell me to raise my soft pallet but nobody ever equated it to closing off the back of my nostrils as I do when I’m trying to breathe only through my mouth… your anatomical graphic showed that it was the same thing! Thank you so much! This was such a breakthrough! Now I just have to practice it- I’ve already found it’s easier to do with Eeeee than with Aaaah, but just a few minutes of practice have shown improvement! Thank you!
...thumbs up to everyone with drool running down their arm suddenly.
This is a great stuff. I cannot wait to start. I am doing radio and I have vocal tension and find it difficult to speak. Can you give me a link to some of your videos that will work?
I don't know if my voice is too deep for this but only screeches and whistles are coming out
me: touches soft pallet also me: about to vomit
Not me yawning and my soft palette not moving at all 😐
Man, whenever I try this I just end up yawning lol
lmfao
I have a hard time identifying my voice because it sounds high, but I think my problem is that it’s nasally and it’s difficult to sing certain songs, so hopefully raising my soft palette will help :)
No chg when pinching off the nose so i guess i was already raising my soft palate
When you said put your thumb a little more back I gagged 😂
WHO ELSE IS USING UR DAD OR MOMS ACC?!?!
Raising your soft palate blocks off a important resonator, your naval cavity which helps with resonance (and it doesn’t make you sound nasal) which helps and assist the vocal folds and helps you sound more resonant, freer larynx control, helps with agility, flexibility which helps you stretch and reach those higher notes with more ease and it encourages more ring etc. Idk I did this (raising my soft palate) and my voice sounds weird as heck and its harder to do stuff. It could just be me but idk I’d rather have a moderately lifted or moderately lowered soft palate imo.
100% agreed. Exactly what I was just thinking
This is an interesting point about the resonance of the nasal cavity. I do hear more ringing / resonance when I don't raise the soft palate as much. Do you happen to have a source for this information?
me: cool
my gag reflex: don’t even think about it
“Ok so we’re going to look in my mouth”
I accidentally skipped both pallets and thumb punched my dangly thing
I can get sound out of my mouth, not my nose, and still have soft palate not up. 🤔
I just became a Dora the explorer in my mouth
nobody has ever explained this concept this perfectly! 😍- coming from a almost graduate music major 😂
Question here singgeek!:
*Okay so I was once advised that singing in the bathroom makes my voice much better, and also I was sounded much better, you've earned yourself a new sub! But in your opinion where is the best place to sing in a house but no studio?*
Great question! The acoustics in the bathroom adds reverb (slight echo) to your voice which makes it fuller and more pleasant. In fact, this effect is usually added to voices on recordings artificially so you are most likely used to hearing voices this way and therefor it gives you confidence to sing in the bathroom. Confidence is great because it relaxes your voice. In conclusion, I'd say the bathroom is a prime place to practice singing :)
Thank you so much...I really struggle with the A vowel "AH" sound.❤
I will definitely practice this technique.
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