how to singing better
by sigitandi on Feb.03, 2010, under music
There are only three ways to sing or three attacks. The, “attack,” is what a singer physically does and thinks on the onset of any sung note.
Only one of them is the best and always produces the best sounding voice in any singer. The three attacks are: Diaphragmatic, Glottal, and The Attack Of The Mask.
The diaphragmatic attack was invented be a failed opera singer/vocal coach.
This attack causes registration and breaks in the voice. It leaves the voice sounding more like shouting or bellowing and strains the voice by overpowering it. Because of this unnatural vocal technique the terms of: chest voice, middle voice and head voice and breaks/bridges came about.
Quite simply, when you sing with the right attack registers and breaks don’t exist, they are an invention by a bad vocal coach that has been passed down through time. So, you don’t need a course that teaches you how to make it over your bridge or mix registers. You need a course that teaches you the best attack, the attack of the mask. That course is Vocal Release.
The glottal attack is what’s known as, “singing from the throat.”
It involves sort of coughing motion that causes the vocal cords to zip up. This attack is very dangerous and painful. The only people who really use it are bad rock singers who sound like they are screaming badly with no beauty of tone.
The attack of the mask is the best way to sing. End of Story. There can be no argument. It is how nature intended singing to occur.
Attacking the voice from the mask makes the voice as easy to use as humming. Any note from lowest bass to the highest soprano notes can be sung by using the attack of the mask. Attacking the voice from the mask eliminates registers and breaks. They simply do not exist when you sing with the attack of the mask. All notes sung are full, round and pleasantly forward.
When you watch a great singer and their voice seem to have no ceiling, it comes out effortlessly and the voice seem to resonate forward behind the nose eyes and upper pallet, that is the attack of the mask. Some singers do it naturally by instinct.
This is why some people are naturally good singers and some people struggle to sing even half as well. Without singing using the attack of the mask the voice is a struggle to use, breaks up into registers and simply doesn’t sound very good. With the attack of the mask even powerful singing is as easy as humming with the mouth open.
This is also why some people think you can’t learn to sing. Unfortunately most vocal coaches and no other online courses besides Vocal Release, teaches how to learn to use the attack of the mask specifically. Yes, it can be taught. But, you have to learn specific parts of your body to manipulate and exercises to instill proper voice production.
The attack of the mask does not just happen by relaxing and singing with an open throat at speech level. The attack of the mask is not, “singing in your head voice,” or forcing air through your nose like honking.
Here’s the bottom line… EVERYONE can learn to sing beautifully if they follow the natural laws of voice, laid out step by step in the Vocal Release Course.
Absolute Fact!
Singing is only a continuation of speech. It uses the exact same vocal organs and process.
When singers have a problem it is because they sing with the wrong attack or even speak with a bad vocal attack. Any problems with the speaking voice are amplified in the singing voice. When you hear a good singer speak the speaking voice is often very forward and resonant because they even speak with the right attack. A poor singers voice will often sound like it is produced at the back of the throat. The poor singer might even lose their voice simply by speaking for long amounts of time.
The truth of the matter is, if you learn how to sing in a way that obeys the natural laws of voice, singing is effortless and beautiful. The most natural and pleasing sounding voice is always produced using the attack of the mask. Vocal Release is the only course that teaches how to sing using the attack of the mask.
Everyone knows that the best singers sound natural even when singing loudly or hitting high notes.
Most singers, when beginning training however, indulge in unnatural vocal practices like using excessive force to attain pitch and volume because they assume great singing takes more effort and muscle.
Or even the outdated classical practice of, “strengthening the diaphragm.”
Here’s the truth, right now you have all the physical development of your body you need to sing. Great singers are not physically different from anyone else.
They were not born with, “stronger than average vocal cords, a powerful diaphragm, or even HUGE LUNGS.”
What they do have is a sense of ease in their voice and the proper attack, the attack of the mask. Either because of proper training or natural ability, they ALLOW their voice to come out.
Any expert will agree that the human voice works it’s best when it is done freely and no real effort is exerted.
That’s exactly why when you watch a show like American Idol that so many of the rejected contestants (and some of the ones that get through) sound so awful.
They don’t obey the natural laws of singing! They try to muscle their way through singing as if they were power lifting at the gym!
“Warning To Singers!” Singing with a vocal production that is not natural can severely damage your voice.
Let me ask you: when you sing now, is your voice sore after wards? Or, do you push large amounts of air to go up in pitch and hit high notes? Can you only sing loud and shouty?
Do you find it difficult to stay on pitch? Do you run out of breath when you sing? Are you hoarse after just singing for an hour or even fifteen minutes?
If so, stop. Your vocal production is forced and you will damage your voice with continued use.
So, after reading thus far, which makes more sense?
A:”Great singers force and struggle their way to a great voice and develop vocal muscles like a huge power lifter!!!”
B:”Great Singers are physically just like everyone else but know how to relax, let their voice come out naturally and attack the voice through the mask so it resonates effortlessly.”
If A were true, very few people would be able to sing at all. Only people who were physically very strong would be able to do it.
How many singers have you heard with wide, loud ranges on shows like American Idol? How many of them looked like extremely strong bodybuilders?
None.
In fact, some of them were relatively small people who weighed barely over a hundred pounds or worse yet were morbidly obese and couldn’t run a mile to save their lives.
Why do you think they can sing? Because they know how to relax, focus and direct the voice to work how it should without using excess effort. This is the attack of the mask. They either know how to sing this way because of a good vocal coach or instinctually.