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There is a saying in vocal pedagogy: "The greatest enemy of the singer is the choke." Many singers, beginners and aspiring singers alike, struggle with this: singing in Sprechstimmlage is pleasant, the voice sounds warm and full. ... more...

You'd like to skip that too, wouldn't you? Those typical warm-up exercises for the voice, the lip-bubbling, sounding like a siren and so on. That's boring and a waste of time, better to start straight away with register and ... more...

When Ringo Starr sang the world-famous song "With A Little Help From My Friends" in the recording studio, the other Beatles legends stood closely around him. It is said that he needed moral support while singing. His first lines ... more...

If someone always speaks at the same volume, we quickly get bored. If someone sings like that, we get annoyed after a short time. With moderate singers with a sonorous voice, we sometimes feel the same way and switch off. We ... more...

Vocal riffs and runs have been one of the great moments in rock and pop music for as long as it has existed: When the band stops at the end of a song and the singer gets everything out of her last note. With ... more...

Every held note is a sung vowel. Vowels and their sound are much more important when singing than when speaking. However, singing a vowel full of radiance is more difficult for many singing beginners ... more...

Singing inspires. Not only the audience when listening. The full possession of one's own voice, the liveliness, the expression of feelings when singing also creates enthusiasm. Those who have discovered this for themselves want to sing in the first ... more...

Charisma is "the art of enchanting others". That's a common saying. For the speaking voice, experiments have shown: a distinctive speech melody has a more convincing effect on other people than average voices - and more seductive. The effect ... more...

Practising is the be-all and end-all of becoming good. For many singing beginners, however, practising also raises completely new, practical questions: How will my neighbour react if I sing loudly in my flat ... more...

An important focus in singing lessons is the vocal sound. We deal intensively with the question: How can we change our mouth space so that we create the best possible resonance depending on the vowel? It is often underestimated that ... more...

They are iconic, those extremely high notes sopranos sing in some operatic arias. They are notes with which the singers ascend in chordal steps to dizzying heights, penetrating and of brilliant clarity. Among the most famous examples ... more...