THE VOICE CONNECTION
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Welcome to The Voice Connection Sound Off; a forum for users of books like Raise Your Voice, Melody to Madness, The Ultimate Breathing Workout, and Unleash Your Creative Mindset, as well as a place for Vendera Vocal Academy members to interact.

This message board was created so that singers could come together and "sound off" to help support each other during vocal development and the creative process of unleashing the creative spark that occurs when writing and producing music. Currently, myself and vocal coaches Ben Valen, Ray West, and Ryan Wall are here to respond periodicially to your questions, with new vocal coaches coming soon. But, feel free to help each other too:)

This board is here for you to ask questions about my and my fellow coach's books, videos, and MP3 programs, as well as offer others help with our vocal techniques. You may also post videos of yourself and your band to share your music and ask for critiques.

Please refrain from negative comments, profanities, spamming, and inappropriate criticisms of vocal methodologies, vocal coaches, and singers. All negative posts will be deleted and subject to banning without question. I will not respond to negative posts, because, as Mark Twain once said, “Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.” With that said, positive criticism is welcome because that is how you'll grow as a singer during the training process.


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Re: Consonants/vowels!

A is an open vowel so it makes sense that it helps keeping the larynx wide open as you ascend your register. That is why vowel modification is necessary to sing higher pitches. If you attach the note on A and then sing it on another vowel you might still be able to reach that high to find your right opening for that vowel.

Re: Consonants/vowels!

don't exactly understand what you mean. will practicing the vowel shapes improve them in anyway or is it just a permanent thing, and vowel modifications are paramount? will i ever be able to reproduce the high notes on the harder vowels that i can hit on the open sounds?

Re: Consonants/vowels!

Yes, you can sing high notes on closed vowels such as "e" as long as you can keep the back of the larynx wide open and relaxed which is much easier to do with "A" because it is naturally an open vowel. It's ok to cheat and modify the vowels to facilitate this. Does it make more sense?

Re: Consonants/vowels!

A good example I remember from my choir days as a kid was the o vowel. You are meant to sing it with your mouth open as wide as the a vowel. Try it.