EFFICIENT PLACEMENT
𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐑𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐆𝐆𝐋𝐄 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇
- straining or forcing the voice to produce a sound
- having a light and breathy sound
- hitting higher notes
- finding their sound
can benefit from:
𝐄𝐅𝐅𝐈𝐂𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 (𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬)
and/or
𝐑𝐎𝐎𝐌 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐨𝐚𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐫 (𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞)
But in this lesson we will go over Efficient Placement.
The correct placement gives you power and strength for longevity. You won't get so tired at the end of a set. Your sound will be strong and supported.
Here are some questions to ask while you are singing.
- Where are you placing your sound?
- Where do you feel the vibration/sound?
- What part of the head is vibrating?
The goal of warm-ups and vocal techniques is to get to know where the sound is vibrating in your head.
Where should you feel it?
Once you get to know your body. And where the proper vibration of the sound should be. Then we can practice it over and over again. To make it stick in the "muscle memory"
That will be a well of knowledge that we can pull from when we need to replicate it in a song.
Honestly, we cannot trust what we hear in our heads. We have to trust the vibration; when we are doing the proper technique.
THE GROVEL OR THROATY TRAIT
Singing with your throat is not nice. It is really a harsh sound. so cultures it is what their sound is. However, if you sing with your throat all the time, it'll end up being sore and you can damage it. Singing through the throat will stop you from holding out the notes and singing longer phrases. You can see James Brown below where he has to stop.
Put your hand in front of your mouth while you are talking. Do you feel the airflow coming out of your mouth? If you do not feel it at all or feel it on occasion. It might be a sign that you have a bit of a grovel/throat sound.
James Brown has a grovel trait. Click Here to listen.
It's really an improper placement. This nasal trait is when there is a lot of air coming through the nose. However, some modern vocals will use it for style. Below is a link for Urkel who was known for speaking through his nose.
Here is a way to know if you don't have a balance.
Count to 10. When you reach 5 plug your nose. You should not hear a difference at all in your speech. If you do, you have too much air coming through your nose.
CHEST VOICE, HEAD VOICE, FALSETTO, THE MIX
In my 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐌𝐒, we go over THESE 👆🏻 proper placements and how to achieve them via specific exercises.
The awesome sauce in singing is the ability to sing with a balance of both chest and head voice. So that you won't abruptly “switch” from head to chest voice. Using the mix will smooth out your sound from one register to the next.
