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Exploring Overtones by Whistling

You can see that the resonances of your formants line up with the overtones of your sound by using vocal fry alongside the sung note...

Listening: The Teachers Task

The voice teacher's ear is the most important tool that they posses. It is the necessary key to a practical application on any...

Acoustic Registers - a different perspective on vowels

Acoustic registers are discussed at length by authors such as Coffin and Bozeman. They result from an interaction between the the...

Laryngeal Registers - Modes

Laryngeal registers are those that result from a different use of the phonation muscles, especially the TA. These laryngeal registers are...

Registration - answering the questions

Vocal registers are both vital to understanding the voice and something every voice teacher and singer does not always agree on. How many...

Breathing - focusing on the result

For my first post, I will share a thought on what most consider a basic element of vocal technique: breathing. Thinking about breathing,...

Pedagogy Blog

On this page, I will write my thoughts related to vocal pedagogy, and I encourage others to comment on and engage with them. This is a...