Head Resonance

I hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving break and found time to practice! This week we're going to work on head resonance.

HEAD RESONANCE

Why?

To add brilliance and ring to your tone.

How?

Use "SLS"

1)"Support" with good posture and PROPER BREATHING.

2) "Lift" palate by: Smiling gently inside your mouth (inside smile), gently raising upper molars towards brain, and exercises for relaxed throat (The palate lifts very gently in the mid-range like the beginning of a yawn. The higher you sing, the higher your palate lifts and the further your jaw drops).

3) "Spin" the tone: The mental concept is that the tone will spin from the chest, up and over the soft palate, to the top of the head and into the forehead. The higher the note, the more the tone spins into the head.

4) Good vowel placement and diction: All words are sustained on the vowels. Sing from the center of one vowel to the center of the following vowel (sometimes I practice singing my songs without the consents so I'm focusing on the vowels). Diphthongs are to be sung on the sustaining vowel just until the ending of the word or just before going to the next word. The vanishing vowel should only use 1-10% of the word. Consonants should be sung crisply, without interfering with good resonance or the purity of the vowel.

This week I would like you to pay special attention the these vocal exercises:

weeeeeee (you should feel your nose tingle easily with this one)

ng-ah (try to keep the resonance that you find from the "ng" as you blend into the "ah")

Ahh

Beautiful Moon (pretend that you have a golf ball in your mouth when you sing "oo"

It is easy (focus on the "e" vowel as you descend on the word "easy. Don't let yourself close and tighten your throat. Stay relaxed through the whole exercise)

Here's an example of someone speaking with a lot of head tone.

Keep practicing!