23. Tongue
Rock, Hardcore, and Metal Vocal Instruction
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Keeping your tongue relaxed and at rest on your bottom front teeth is another vital skill to learn. Watching and feeling for extraneous movement is one of the best ways to eliminate tension and strain from your voice.
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24. Minimizing Mouth Movement
Watching yourself sing and practice, using your hand mirror, is a great way to learn how to sing without tension in your face, neck and shoulders. Letting go of all that muscle tension is the only way we can free our voices, and learn to sing with power and control in a wide range of notes and to...
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25. Holding Your Breath While Speaking
This video demonstrates how to practice and build strong breath support skills by learning to hold your breath while speaking in a low vocal fry tone. This is also an excellent technique for doing voiceover or acting for the camera.
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26. Y's and W's Without Moving Your Jaw
Learning to shape the letters 'Y' and 'W' using downward tongue movements instead of lip movements is a pivotal moment in your vocal training. These will be used as we move forward in creating a small narrow opening to sing through, with resonant shapes that we’ll use to blow your listener’s mind...