TOPIC CONTINUATION (MWENDELEZO WA MADA)

TOPIC CONTINUATION (MWENDELEZO WA MADA)

ON HOW TO MASTER YOUR BASIS WHEN YOU SING.

OUR MOTOR SAYS:- “DO NOT BE LIKE SOMEBODY ELSE, BE YOUR SELF.”

TUTOR: Ev Mhugo Hantish, (The Sound of Worship)

VENUE: ON HOW TO SING BETTER CLASSROMM VIA THE WHAT’S APP GROUP.

DATE: 15^th MARCH 2017

LET US START……!!!

Part 2

Exercising Your Voice

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Practice exercises daily. If you want to sing better, you have to train your voice. This takes commitment. Doing vocal exercises a few times a week or month is not going to make a significant difference. Exercise your voice every single day. You want to train it and develop the muscles so you can enhance your voice.^[12]

• Remember, before doing any vocal exercises, make sure you warm up.
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Practice humming. Say, "Hmm?" Or say, "hmm" like you aren't sure you believe someone. Both of those noises should change in pitch. When practicing scales while humming, you want to feel a buzzing around your nose, eyes, and head, or down into your chest.

• Hum Doh-Mi-Sol on an ascending scale, then back down to Mi-Doh. While you are humming, work on the accuracy of your pitch.^[13]
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Do trills. A lip trill is when you blow air through your lips, causing them to flap and vibrate. It sounds like a br, like you are cold. If your lips are tense when you exhale air through them, they will not vibrate. Try to relax your lips, and if that doesn't work, push the corners of your mouth towards your nose while you do the exercise.^[14]

• Try doing tongue trills. This helps you relax your swallowing muscles so you keep them relaxed while you're singing.^[15]
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Keep the larynx steady. When you are trying to hit high notes, you want to keep your larynx steady instead of lifting it. This gives you better vocal control and helps avoid strain. To practice keeping the larynx steady, say "mum" over and over. Do this until you feel relaxed saying the word.^[16]

• Lightly hold your thumbs under your chin. Swallow. You should feel your swallowing/throat muscles engaging. When you sing, you want these muscles to be relaxed. Sing scales while making the "mmm" sound with your mouth closed. Your throat muscles should remain relaxed.
• You may end up making a funny face as you try to keep the sound in the top part of your face. That's okay. Exaggerate the facial movement and the sound if you have to. The important thing is to train your swallowing muscles to stay relaxed while going through the scales.^[17]