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Let's begin by taking a look at your speaking voice. Make some non speech sounds like a laugh, yawn, a sigh or perhaps even a cry. Then find the nearest pitch to that sound using a piano or whatever instrument is available. Now make the sound of monosyllables such as ahh, m hmm, uh huh. Now agin find the matching pitch. Now speak a few simple sentences, such as "my name is_____" or "I love to sing". Once again, find the matching pitch. Ideally, the pitch should be the same for speaking as it is for monosyllables or non-speech sounds, but many people try to speak at a lower pitch than is natural for their voice. This is not a healthy thing to do. Keep exploring your voice by way of speaking non speech sounds at different pitch levels on your instrument. Find the absolute lowest pitch you can before you start to sound gravelly. This sound is called "vocal fry" and you don't want to stay on it too long or it can be damaging. The most natural pitch for you is around four or five whole tone notes or steps above the level of your vocal fry. Ok, now you need to speak some sentences out loud. Try higher speaking pitches to see how high you can get and notice where it is both comfortable and where you begin to feel the strain. When using your "chest voice", you will feel vibration (resonance) in your chest when producing tones in that pitch range. Place your hand lightly on your upper chest, with your thumb and fingers resting on your collarbones. Do a yawn-slide (exhale on the syllable "hee" or "hoo" while sliding from the top of your range to the bottom). Your hand should feel vibration as you slide down into your chest voice. You may feel that the vibrations are happening in your chest, but in actual fact it is happening in your mouth and throat. The resonance you feel is from air moving from your lungs accross your vocal folds. A simple low-range singing exercise is the fifth slide. Starting in the comfortable middle part of your range, use the buzz (puckered lips vibrating as air is expelled) or a syllable such as "vaw" to sing the starting pitch and slide down five steps. In the key of C major it would be G-C, so-do. The slide should be smooth, not bumpy or creaky. Start each repetition a half-step below the previous one. If you feel bumpy or creaky sensations as you descend the scale, you're probably holding some tension. Pause and do some face and neck relaxation exercises. Gently massage your face and throat, then try again. As you descend the scale, close your mouth slightly from its starting position. Next, sing an octave scale up and back down, again using the buzz or "vaw". As you go up the scale, allow your jaw to drop and your mouth to open a bit wider, then reverse that as you come back down. It may be helpful to imagine your tone on a path leading away from yourself, with low notes nearest and high notes farthest away. Perhaps even move one hand away from your body as you ascend the scale and back to your side as you descend. The arpeggio is another helpful exercise. Sing do-mi-so-do-so-mi-do on a vowel sound, such as "oo", "ee", or "ah". Start each new arpeggio a half-step lower than the last. As with any singing technique, adding to your lower range will take time and effort. If you are patient and persistent, you will see positive results.
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