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Vocal Health

Vocal Health

All you need to know about how your voice works and how you can look after it.

How the voice works
How the voice works
When you're learning to sing, it helps to know what makes your instrument tick
Take care of that voice
Take care of that voice
Stuart Barr's top tips on looking after voices
Inside the voice
Inside the voice
A comprehensive, multimedia guide to the voice and vocal health

Warm-ups

 

Wake up and balance the body

 
 

Breathing

 
 

Release the throat

 
 

The vocal folds

 
 

Explore resonance

 
 

Clarify articulation

 
Training webinar
Maintaining good vocal health

Our most sought-after training session highlights the causes of and solutions to vocal ill-health for teachers. Sharon Durant explores ways of heading off small problems before they become big ones with practical advice on posture, breathing and vocal exercises to keep your voice in great shape all year round.

More online training

Techniques

 

Breathing and good voicing

 
 

Avoiding constriction in the larynx

 
 

Tone onset

 
 

Releasing tongue tension

 
 

Projected resonance

 
 

Soft palate

 
 

Going inside the voice