Post by vanessahoffman on Oct 7, 2006 23:26:56 GMT 10
NG Spot -Vocal positioning:
The first technique I teach all my students is the “Ng position”. It is quite literally the sound “Ng”.
The Ng teachers a student how to open their nasal resonators.
The Ng must not be tense but MUST be firm.
Here are two exercise with the Ng...
1. Make an Ng sound like a siren, going from as low as you can go to as high as you can go, in one breath.
2. Make an Ng sound opening to an Ah sound sustained on single tones, ranging from as low as you can go, to not quite as high as you can go.
I love this exercise and still use it all the time to warm up my voice before I sing.
The Ng allows a singer to land on top of a note, as apposed to reaching up to it from below with a slide.
The singer is taught to listen and breathe, to prepare by stretching open the nasal apature, and think or sing Ng and then to tone a note.
The Ng demonstrates how to open the muscles within the naso pharynx to create more space for sound to resonate.
These sounds should be made with the support of correct, relaxed diaphragmatic breathing.
They should be firm sounds but not pushing to project, we are simply warming up the voice with soft, long sustained tones and stretching open the naso-pharynx.
You should feel the area on the roof of the mouth where the sound hits, whilst the nasal resonators are open.
This creates a slightly different tone to that of a singer who pushes from the throat.
You may also feel slight pressure points behind the ear lobes, in the cheek bones, and in the centre of the forehead.
This is the sound vibrating within the sinus (nasal) cavities.
It also helps to have the mouth open quite wide, with at least a finger distance gap between the teeth.
A beginner singer may find that he/she will have to open his/her mouth a little wider than what initially feels comfortable.
I always mention to my students that our mouth is our megaphone and that it has to be open for our audience to hear what we are singing.
It is also important that we sing on the position of a slight smile most of the time. This helps with vocal positioning as it relaxes your face, jaw and body, it also brightens the tone that is being sung.
Try singing an Ah with no smile and then with a slight internal smile.
Make sure you do not tense your jaw and teeth, relax them slightly open.
Listen to the difference between the tones of the sound, and understand how beautiful singing on a slight smile can be.
www.learn-to-sing-in-a-clear-and-powerful-way.com/
The first technique I teach all my students is the “Ng position”. It is quite literally the sound “Ng”.
The Ng teachers a student how to open their nasal resonators.
The Ng must not be tense but MUST be firm.
Here are two exercise with the Ng...
1. Make an Ng sound like a siren, going from as low as you can go to as high as you can go, in one breath.
2. Make an Ng sound opening to an Ah sound sustained on single tones, ranging from as low as you can go, to not quite as high as you can go.
I love this exercise and still use it all the time to warm up my voice before I sing.
The Ng allows a singer to land on top of a note, as apposed to reaching up to it from below with a slide.
The singer is taught to listen and breathe, to prepare by stretching open the nasal apature, and think or sing Ng and then to tone a note.
The Ng demonstrates how to open the muscles within the naso pharynx to create more space for sound to resonate.
These sounds should be made with the support of correct, relaxed diaphragmatic breathing.
They should be firm sounds but not pushing to project, we are simply warming up the voice with soft, long sustained tones and stretching open the naso-pharynx.
You should feel the area on the roof of the mouth where the sound hits, whilst the nasal resonators are open.
This creates a slightly different tone to that of a singer who pushes from the throat.
You may also feel slight pressure points behind the ear lobes, in the cheek bones, and in the centre of the forehead.
This is the sound vibrating within the sinus (nasal) cavities.
It also helps to have the mouth open quite wide, with at least a finger distance gap between the teeth.
A beginner singer may find that he/she will have to open his/her mouth a little wider than what initially feels comfortable.
I always mention to my students that our mouth is our megaphone and that it has to be open for our audience to hear what we are singing.
It is also important that we sing on the position of a slight smile most of the time. This helps with vocal positioning as it relaxes your face, jaw and body, it also brightens the tone that is being sung.
Try singing an Ah with no smile and then with a slight internal smile.
Make sure you do not tense your jaw and teeth, relax them slightly open.
Listen to the difference between the tones of the sound, and understand how beautiful singing on a slight smile can be.
www.learn-to-sing-in-a-clear-and-powerful-way.com/
