And is it possible to change your singing voice
How do you sing with your diaphram not your throat?
First of all, it is necessary to understand just how the voice is produced.
Speaking and singing involve a voice mechanism that is composed of different parts of the body that have specific roles in voice production, and the diaphragm is not on its own. Although it is the predominant muscle of respiration, during singing many other muscles become important to voice production and what is commonly referred to as %26quot;support%26quot;.
The most important muscles are those of the abdominal wall, which contract when we exhale and *push up the diaphragm*, raising pleural pressure, which raises alveolar pressure, which in turn pushes the air out. The diaphragm would be incapable of doing this on its own!
The internal intercostal musicles are also important.
What this means is that you should never concentrate on your diaphragm, nor should you attempt to push or pull or force ANY muscle in your neck, jaw, tongue, chest, throat, back or abdomen.
You should relax your abdominal muscles so that they, along with the diaphragm, chest muscles and rib muscles can do their jobs. which they know how tyo do if you do nothing violent.
Your diaphragm is always working. As you read this, your diaphragm, a sheet of muscle that separates the thoracic cavity from the abdominal cavity, is responsible for every breath you take.
While you sleep, the diaphragm continues to work. (The diaphragm also does other things, such as increasing intra-abdominal pressure when it is necessary for things such as vomiting...but that is another story.)
I say this because there are many false ideas about %26quot;using%26quot; the diaphragm or needing to %26quot;build it up%26quot;. This not true. Unless we are very sick or have had a bad accident, we are born with all of the diaphramatic strength and coordinating we will ever need.
The trick is to remain relaxed and not push!
To not sing %26quot;with your throat%26quot; the first concept is that you must avoid taking big breaths and trying to sing loudly. This is a big mistake.
Most people tend to sing on the throat today. The reason most people sing on the throat is because they are trying to create volume and increase vocal range, using ambition and forcing to get there. This is wrong. If you do this, no matter how well the diaphragm functions, you will definitely use your throat muscles.
Never push your stomach in or out or lower or raise your chest. Be as natural as possible. Air, vibration and resonance are all part of the voice.
All three have to be correct. This depends on a relaxed, natural approach.
The Vocal folds have to be allowed to vibrate freely, without pressure.
If you feel that you can speak well, without forcing your voice, you can apply this to your singing. When you talk, your diaphragm participates. If you speak well, do not shout or clench your jaw, if your speaking voice is clear and you have not problems speaking, this all points to having a good speaking voice and therefore you arre already producing your voice correctly, with help from the diaphragm. Speaking and singing are physiologically alike. You have to speak well in order to sing well.
You ask if it is it possible to change your singing voice.
What do you mean? That you are a baritone but want to be a tenor? Or you have a low voic and want a high one?
Or, you would like to have someone else's voice?
This a harmful concept. Unless that other person is your identical twin, you are a unique individual and have the voice YOU have.
If you mean, instead, that you would like to %26quot;correct%26quot; something in your voice that you are not pleased with, then, yes, you can certainly change.
Visit the site of New Voice Studio Italia: http://www.newvoicestudioitalia.com/english/start_en.htm
(this is the singers' section). This is a very serious website dedicated to the artistic and professional voice.
