Tuesday 14th September 2014
Projection Development
Lastly, we're going to focus on projection. Projection is what makes a singer heard... So it's pretty important.Soundwaves are amplified in your body inside small cavities, resonance is the result of this which is projection. These open cavities include your mouth, throat, chest and nasal cavities (i.e. resonators) the fulness of the sound is created in these. Vocal resonance will not come in you just push and force you voice to sing louder, it will only damage it. Building projection is a lot to do with breathing correctly.
An exercise which you can use to test your breathing is placing a piece of paper on a wall and blowing on it to keep it there, the more you engage your diaphragm the more it will stay and your muscles are strengthening. You can then develop the exercise by walking slightly further away to see if you can sustain that breath control. This exercise will develop breath control which should help and aid projection.
Another technique to use when projecting is opening your mouth wider so the song is more powerful. When you sing the big note, you're engaging your core, opening your mouth and allowing the sound to be produced and the resonating cavities to open.
Make sure when you open your mouth you don't open it long wards and oval like, it needs to be open and wide. If you don't open your mouth correctly, you could end up straining your voice.
Lip trills are also an excellent way to develop your projection and extend your range.
We've now focused on five techniques to use and exercises to help develop your voice. Every technique we've looked at should be put together to work as a great way of executing a song for an audition or for a performance. This stuff is important and the more you independently work on your voice the more versatile and better you become.
I hope you've learnt about how to develop your projection and you've gained some ideas on what to do!
Good Luck,
Somer x
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