понедельник, 31 декабря 2012 г.

The Success Of Speech Level Singing Technique

By Brett Manners


SLS or speech level singing is a voice method that is specifically designed to lessen strain on one's vocal cords. Naturally, this makes singing easier to perform. Also once can more easily produce music and have fewer problems with high notes. Here is how this kind of voice method works.

When you sing, it is vital that you project your voice outward to get the full effects. You can project the voice in many ways but methods of them can actually do harm to the larynx or vocal box, and can strain your voice. With SLS, your voice box stays in the same mode as it does for speaking and this can make it more natural to sing.

In essence, SLS is singing with a relaxed voice, but it is much more than that. Your voice will not naturally relax unless you know what to do. When you perform the right exercises you will find out about relaxing your outer voice box muscles. This separates them from inner muscles. When you can do this, you will eliminate the hard work and straining that many people place into singing.

Your voice is a musical instrument just like a piano or guitar, for example. When you play a guitar, you change the length of the strings to make music. The shorter the strings become, the higher pitch they produce. The same can be said for your vocal cords.

Guitar strings are vibrated by the fingers or a pick striking them. Vocal cords are vibrated when air from the lungs passes by them. If you want to change the pitch of your voice you must shorten or lengthen the vocal cords, and this is done with muscles in the larynx. You can do this naturally or forcibly. Speech level singing lets the voice box remain in its normal position, just like when you speak.

Part of your SLS training is about bridges and how they affect the way that you sing. Many people force notes by moving the voice box. SLS teaches you to keep the voice box in its natural position. This is done by letting your inner voice box muscles make the needed adjustments to the vocal cords. Bridges are places where you need to hit higher or much lower notes, and they take training to recognize and use naturally.

If you sing in only one octave you do not need to worry about bridges. However, this is seldom done. SLS teaches that the first bridge is the place where most people tighten outer voice box muscles and one must learn to keep them relaxed. Once you relax these outer muscles, the inner ones will take over and this removes a great deal of strain from your voice. You can reach high notes and there is no cracking of the voice and going off key.

SLS can help you improve the way that you sing by removing a lot of the effort. When you quit struggling you are free to develop a style of singing that is unique to you. There are a lot of excellent online courses on speech level singing, and they are not difficult to find.




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