I look forward to your explanations. Thank you.

Voice lessons can be so frustrating because your teacher knows what you should be feeling and experiencing, but only you can experiment and feel what you feel. It takes A lot of trial and error, but eventually you will discover your "instrument" and you will develop your best voice.

This is a great presentation about ways of managing air flow to and from our lungs. It makes physical sense that when the diaphragm/belly contracts, air will flow out because the lungs occupy a smaller volume, and vice versa. But the most counter-intuitive thing for me is that I find it so much easier to blow air out when I expand (not contract) my belly and maintain the tension. It is as if there is an in-flow of air while I exhale albeit through a different air pathway, I don't know. Maybe you have some insight into this phenonenon and would care to enlight me or those of us who have this experience. Thank you. p.s., I believe you address this towards the end of the presentation (starting at 14:40). I am expanding the upper abdominal muscles while contracing the belly when controlling the air flow. I come to realize that is the tension I am experiencing, and it is not so wierd after all. Thanks.

Sometimes I went flat in a choir and then the conductor started a whole sermon about lying my tongue down but of course pressing the back of the tongue down "intentionally" is not a good idea. Others insist that one must put up a big smile or opening the mouth very widely all the time. Then there is of course "support, more support" as something everybody uses. It would be nice if we could already sing perfectly before appearing for a teacher so we are prepared for anything. And all these teachers talk endlessly... If I have problems it's usually because as a trumpet player too, we do almost the opposite of what singers do since we need fast and high pressure air for the high notes

eWorld. This is excellent….Nt sure I have completely understand, Im going to practice t now..

Yeah.....but. For the upper head range, there's another school of thought where you deliberately don't enunciate the words. Infact you just use an easy vowel and keep the tongue out to take pressure off the vocal chords. Then, presumably you slowly add the words. I think Ill try using more lips. I know about narrowing the vowels and dropping the jaw. Lips??? Worth a go!!

Excellent lesson! Thanks!!

You are easy to listen to. I subscribed. I will never be a real singer but you may help me to knock off the worst of my rough edges. Thank you for this very practical lesson 😊.

Your awesome sweetheart 😊

Thank you for this helpful video, ma'am. You have a grwat way of demustifying the art and science of singing.

Tonight I'm binging your channel. I'm taking notes on my tablet and stopping to do the exercises as well. Thank you for being such a great teacher..

Oh gosh.. thank you for such a clear explanation.. you've demystified "support" for me ❤ danke!

This lesson was the MOST helpful lesson that I've come across on youtube. Your teaching points and the examples were good because you allowed me to practice differnet ways of breath management and not restricting me to only one system for breath management. I lack body awareness and need a more hands-on approach when learning so practicing these different options was very enlightening. Thank you for a detailed lesson ❤

Too bad I’m from Canada it would be hard to take the course with you

Hi so this exercise is it to make the muscle stronger or just to get the breathing properly for singing

Hi my name is Stephen I will practice this breathing support I’m a singer and I need to practice

Hello beautiful I’m practicing how to breathe with my diaphragm so my singing will improve

Hi, I cant understand why you should need to make an a to an e by moving your tounge while not moving your larynx. Im able to do it, but dont understand where or when i should need it? 🤔

I agreed good articulation [Diction] do really helps to improve your singing, Thanks for sharing how voice and unvoiced consonants can affect your singing voice and using the right breath control support when projecting your resonating voice.

Super helpful, thank you so much❤

Haven’t finish vid. I’ll see how I do after this vid but I am self taught in like 10 INSTRUMENTS and can SHRED on electric guitar and sitar….. But every time I sing, I’m STRAIGHT TONE DEAF. I’ve taken tests and from my ex singer, I ain’t tone deaf… but I am struggling with all artists I cover accompanied usually with me on acoustic. My norm speaking voice is Eb and I love grunge that plays Eb but all artists (great range or not) I can NEVER get the singing. Any tips if you can hit notes an octave up or octave below but NEVER the actual octave and tone and pitch. Tips?

Amasing!!!

Thank u . How to put feeling into a very wordy song plse

Tip #4 is next level. Making one vowel shape in the mouth and another in the throat-mind blown!

If we could hypothetically slow down time to an extreme degree, in what order would the different vocal qualities (head voice, twang, chest, etc.) appear when singing a note? Could you demonstrate this process slowly to illustrate the progression?

Cool channel!!!

That’s a great suggestion. I’ve been struggling with emotions while singing. I’ll definitely try it. Thank you ❤

Great explanation thank you. 😊exercises with the vowels "i" and "e" short and sounding like a staccato (accent method) helped me find the twang quality in my voice since those vowels is tighter than the rest and therefore cause a strong vocal fold closure, and helps epiglottis and the tongue get the shape that you described.

This is a helpful breakdown of how to balance tension and flexibility in singing. Loved the analogy with dancers!

How to keep the ribs open but not in a rigid way? That's one of my problems I guess with the support and it being stuck and not flexible. My ribs won't stay open like the cheeks when blowing air like you did...

great video lady and congrats on the baby- what exactly does having more support do for your sound though?

Wow, this explanation really breaks down chest voice in a way that makes sense! The shout-singing comparison and robot voice tip are total game changers. One can already tell this will help stop straining. Thanks, Laura, for such clear guidance! 🙌

This helps a lot, thank you

Hello. Thanks for the video. How do you train each one of these 4 voices, and how do you train blending them together?!

How do you practice this? Song by song? Scales?

Request : NASALITY + TWANG

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Can you have an operation to fix your larynx permanently in rested/nuetral position ?

Great explanation, much appreciated 😅

Me again lol This is another amazing video. You are a great teacher. More people need to know about your channel because you are unlocking so much in such a short time

ok, but the explanation of diphthongs changed a lot for me in an instant. So thank you for that

You have an amazing gift of explaining things incredibly easy. Thank you!

So good. Especially your description of the difference between "classical" mix and "contemporary" mix.

This was extremely helpful, thank you❤

Thank you for this great explanation!

The balance between technical explanation and practical tips is perfect. Definitely incorporating the 'awesome' exercise into practice!

Excellent.

I've recently begun singing for older people (65yrs+) in both a voluntary and professional basis. A song that was requested was 'End of the Line' by the Traveling Wilburys. It was a really challenging song for me to sing at first because you've got so many different vocalists on the recording (Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Tom Petty, Roy Orbison, Jeff Lynne) and the temptation is to imitate all of the different voices. The one note that I could not reach was the final phrase in the chorus ("We're going to the end of the line") sung by Roy Orbison. I could only originally do it by switching to falsetto. However, by watching videos such as this one, it has opened up my understanding of "head voice". You've explained it beautifully here, and I can now hit that note with my natural voice. Roy Orbison really was one of the greatest when it comes to that style of singing. His style was so open and you've really done well to unlock the mechanics here. Thank you.

Love this video on larynx control! Your tips on raising and lowering the larynx to find balance and avoid strain are super helpful. Thanks, Laura, for breaking down these complex concepts into easy-to-follow steps!

Great lesson; thank you, thank you🙏👍😊