{"id":495,"date":"2022-01-31T15:15:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-31T14:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/singasong-behappy.de\/?p=495"},"modified":"2025-10-13T18:35:40","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T16:35:40","slug":"tonansatz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/singasong-behappy.de\/en\/2022\/01\/tonansatz\/","title":{"rendered":"Sound attachment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">The intro sounds, the cue for the voice comes ... now! Not only for people with <a href=\"https:\/\/singasong-behappy.de\/en\/2022\/02\/27\/lampenfieber\/\">Stage fright<\/a> it's a difficult moment. The first note opens the song, it has to sit. Beginners in singing in particular find this difficult, and no wonder. The tone at the very beginning of the sung word requires vocal coordination. The singer has to bring his breath flow together with the closing of the vocal cords, and at exactly the right moment. In popular music, there are different ways of doing this.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">With a <strong>hard or \"glottal\" tone approach<\/strong> you build up air pressure from below before you start the sound. Your vocal cords are tightly compressed and when you let the air flow, a hard sound is produced, often with a kind of plop sound.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<li>Think here of the famous \"O-oh\" of the Rainman from the film of the same name. It's the sound that comes after a moment of shock: this is not going well. Another example is the \"ewww!\" that comes out when you feel disgusted. Singers choose a glottal approach when, for example, they want to emphasise the first word: \"I want ...\".<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">In ballads we often hear a <strong>breathed or airy clay approach<\/strong>. You start with an audible breath of air before you close your vocal cords. On the air stream, let the sound swell gently. Your audience hears the following vowel, e.g. an \"a\", like a \"ha\".&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<li>Try sounding like an owl: \"hu-huu\". Another example is the sarcastically drawn-out \"ha, ha, ha\". Hold a hand in front of your mouth and feel the air flow before the sound begins. Then replace the vowel \"u\" or \"a\" with other vowels.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">The most common is the <strong>Balanced or simultaneous tone approach<\/strong>which also protects the voice best and should be your approach of choice for voice exercises: Tone and air flow start simultaneously. The tone starts softly and swells together with the air flow - without a breath, but also without hard or cracking noises.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<li>Think here, for example, of a \"oh\" that swells in joyful surprise. To practise, inhale with a short pulse, like before the above-mentioned \"o-oh\", but keep the vocal chords open and intonate a \"yes\". Then leave out the \"y\" (in German the \"j\") and start the sound with \"i\". Do the same with all vowels.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">If you slide your tone from the middle position all the way down until you can't get any lower, you will eventually only hear a toneless creak or crackle. This is the <strong>\"<a href=\"https:\/\/singasong-behappy.de\/en\/2022\/04\/28\/der-vocal-fry\/\">vocal fry<\/a>\"<\/strong>familiar to many from the film \"The Shining\" (1980), where the child repeats the word \"redrum\" over and over again. The vocal fry is used as a \"scream\" technique in death metal singing. It is important to know that the impression of \"screaming\" is created by extreme electronic amplification - the vocal fry is not loud. In the rock and pop genre, the vocal fry is commonly used as a tone approach when looping in tones. This is what Britney Spears does here in her song \"Baby One More Time\":<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Britney Spears - ...Baby One More Time (Official Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/C-u5WLJ9Yk4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">In addition to the vocal fry, there is another sound approach that is often used as an effect: the <strong>distorted, \"rough\" sound approach<\/strong>, which is mainly heard in rock, gospel and soul singing. Probably the most prominent example of this is Joe Cocker. How singers produce a raspy or growling sound can vary greatly from a vocal physiological point of view - a clacking of the uvula or a constriction of the larynx during the intonation play a role. There is evidence that vocal students with larger tonsils in the pharynx can produce harsh sounds more easily than people who have had their tonsils removed.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">You see, there are different ways to approach the tone. Whether hard, breathy, with vocal fry or rough: none of these tonal approaches is \"wrong\". They expand your choices, depending on what suits you and what emotion you want to express in your song. Our tip is to try them out, but keep in mind that hard, punchy tonal approaches as well as breathy tones can tire the voice more quickly and harsh approaches can make it hoarse. To improve your <a href=\"https:\/\/singasong-behappy.de\/en\/2021\/03\/02\/stimme-trainieren-wie-ein-sportler\/\">Build and strengthen the voice<\/a>Orientate yourself above all on the balanced approach to the tone. If air and tone come together at the same time and your throat remains open, your tone will also sound open and free. And don't forget: A prerequisite for any stable tone is good support.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Das Intro erklingt, der Einsatz f\u00fcr die Stimme kommt \u2026 jetzt! Nicht nur f\u00fcr Menschen mit Lampenfieber ist das ein schwieriger Moment. Der erste Ton er\u00f6ffnet den Song, er muss sitzen. Gerade Gesangsanf\u00e4ngern f\u00e4llt das schwer, und das ist kein Wunder. Der Tonansatz ganz am Anfang des gesungenen Wortes erfordert stimmliche Koordination. 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