Nasal While Singing?
Nasal While Singing?
#0Nasal While Singing?
Posted: 5/26/05 at 6:27pmHow do you become un-nasal when you sing? I've been taking voice lessons for the past two years and I'm still nasal on a lot of songs. Any tips to egt rid of it?
iluvtheatertrash
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#1re: Nasal While Singing?
Posted: 5/26/05 at 6:31pmYou're not placing your voice correctly. You should feel your soft pallate vibrating a tiny, tiny bit if you're singing correctly. Are you?
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#3re: Nasal While Singing?
Posted: 5/26/05 at 6:34pm
Think long and narrow. Drop your jaw. Not like a big wide smiling "Ah", but a long and narrow "ah". Squish your cheeks together and try singing an "ah" sound. It should be like that kind of long and narrow.
And...try not to sing through your nose?
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iluvtheatertrash
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#4re: Nasal While Singing?
Posted: 5/26/05 at 6:39pmPut your finger in your mouth. Touch the roof of it. Feel the front, it's harder. Move your finger slowly back and when it gets softer, that's your soft pallate.
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#5re: Nasal While Singing?
Posted: 5/26/05 at 6:44pmI don't feel it vibrating. And Aigoo, that did work for me. Maybe that's why I don't sound nasal when I sing classical music, because I use exaggerated Italian.
#6re: Nasal While Singing?
Posted: 5/26/05 at 6:46pmMy voice teacher taught me that. It's hard to maintain sometimes because my jaw gets tense, but it helps a lot to get a more focused sound.
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#7re: Nasal While Singing?
Posted: 5/26/05 at 6:55pm
my voice teacher said that sutton foster is nasaly. He listened to astonishing, and that's the first thing he said.
I like her voice, though.
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jczelyph
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#8re: Nasal While Singing?
Posted: 5/26/05 at 6:57pmYou don't need to be a proffessional to hear (and say) that Sutton Foster is nasal.
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#9re: Nasal While Singing?
Posted: 5/26/05 at 6:58pm
Sutton Foster is just amazing though. There's no doubt about it. If nasal works for her, so be it! Still doesn't change the amazing performer she is.
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Plum
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/4/04
#10re: Nasal While Singing?
Posted: 5/26/05 at 7:01pmPlenty of great performers don't sing in the theoretically "ideal" way. If you're healthy and what you do works for you, stay with it.
#11re: Nasal While Singing?
Posted: 5/26/05 at 7:30pmSutton Foster is amazing. My mom says she's nasal too, but in a good way. People think we sound alike. (I don't, don't bash me, just saying since she came up)
#12re: Nasal While Singing?
Posted: 5/26/05 at 7:51pmYeah there are alot of people who sing nasally but use it to their advantage and it works for them. As previously stated, as long as they are singing healthy and full more power to them. Nasal is not always a bad thing.
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#13re: Nasal While Singing?
Posted: 5/26/05 at 7:56pmUntil recently, I've been belting using pure chest voice. It sounded really strained and like the infamous "Idina-shouting". But lately, I'm starting to sing through my nose on those breaky notes (A and B). It doesn't sound as forced, and it's much more comfortable.
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#14re: Nasal While Singing?
Posted: 5/26/05 at 7:59pmYeah there are parts where I sing or belt in a more relaxed voice through my nose because it's more comfortable to me (I have a good chest voice but I feel more comfortable in a higher range) so it's not a bad thing to sing through the nose all the time.
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Broadway Legend Joined: 1/2/05
#15re: Nasal While Singing?
Posted: 5/26/05 at 8:02pmThere are some people who don't sound good nasily, and others do
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Up In Lost
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/05
#16re: Nasal While Singing?
Posted: 5/26/05 at 8:08pmI don't sing, but... After reading the 'Spft pallate' thing, even thoughI knew where it was, I had to stick my fionger in my mouth and poke it. Rofl.
Well, I'm glad he got away with it.
Up In Lost
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/05
#17re: Nasal While Singing?
Posted: 5/26/05 at 8:08pmI don't sing, but... After reading the 'Spft pallate' thing, even thoughI knew where it was, I had to stick my fionger in my mouth and poke it. Rofl.
Well, I'm glad he got away with it.
#18re: Nasal While Singing?
Posted: 5/26/05 at 8:11pmYeah the first time my teacher told me about the soft pallate I was so confused. :-P I had to poke around forever before I found it.
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#19re: Nasal While Singing?
Posted: 5/26/05 at 8:15pmIs it near the back of your mouth? Like...near the opening of your throat? I think I know where it is, but I still can't tell if it's vibrating or not, darn it.
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Glindafan
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#20re: Nasal While Singing?
Posted: 5/26/05 at 8:21pmYou should be able to feel your soft palate with the tip of your tongue. Just start at the base of your upper front teeth and slide straight back until it goes from hard to soft.
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Up In Lost
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/05
#21re: Nasal While Singing?
Posted: 5/26/05 at 8:22pmAlgoo, that's it. It is smooth, not ridgid like your hard pallate. Also, on most people if you press on it, it makes you gag. Not me though... >D
Well, I'm glad he got away with it.
#22re: Nasal While Singing?
Posted: 5/26/05 at 8:23pm
OUCH! >____<
It doesn't make me gag, but it hurts! I feel like a moron now.
Now how do I tell if it's vibrating? I mean, especially since it's a "small" vibration.
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