Teachers’ Guide: Vocal Health for Everyone
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Teachers’ Guide: Vocal Health for Everyone
Sandra Sanchez & Sarah BowmanFlorida Music Educators Conference 2014
Vocal Misuse & Overuse • Extreme ranges and/or volumes• Straining• Illness• Lifestyle –Diet– Stress– Sleep
Common Vocal Issues
• Discomfort•Hoarseness• Vocal fatigue• Effort to talk• Loss of range• Poor voice quality
What can I do?
What can I do?
RBR
elaxreatheesonate
Stretching
Spinal Roll
Waaaaaaaaay
Woooooooah
Woooooooow
Relax
Breathe
Resonate
Vocal GlidesHum
Lip trill
Yawn
Vowels
Voiced Consonants M
NV
Z
Warm-up Words• Zoo• Zing• Zest• Zero
• Zebra• Zorro• Zeal• Zany
What can I do?
Projection • Posture• Breath support•Use of the diaphragm
Zzzzzzzz• Zoo• Zing• Zest• Zeal
Why?Where?When?
Why notWhereverWhenever
Good MorningLet’s go!Come on!
Questions???
Additional ResourcesDeVore, Kate & Starr Cookman. 2009. The Voice Book: Caring For, Protecting, and Improving Your Voice. Chicago, IL: Chicago Review Press, Inc.
Lebon, Rachel L. 1999. The Professional Vocalist: A Handbook for Commercial Singers and Teachers. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press.