Mark JW Graham: Singing Lessons Nottingham
Mark is the Midlands' leading Certified Voice Coach, providing professional singing lessons in Nottingham. Mark is known for getting BIG results in voices, fast. – 0115 871 7660 || admin@markjwgraham.co.uk
In part 1, we discussed how the voice is made up of various registers, connected by transition points we call bridges. Each have their own colour, sound and feel. But learning about the idiosyncrasies of the voice is hard without some context to place it in. So let’s consider some other instruments first. Part …
I’ve been trying to write about this for some time, but it’s not easy. Firstly, it’s a fairly abstract topic. Secondly, so much of singing well is sensory as well as sonic. As such, trying to get less experienced singers to recognise descriptions of what higher registers should feel like without said singers having experienced …
A while ago I wrote an article called 5 Reasons: Why singing is like clothing…. While the article is not the most read article on my site, it is (in my opinion) something that is critically overlooked by far too many singers. When it comes to building your voice to be capable of whatever you …
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In the last 2-3 months, I’ve worked with a number of clients online and spoken with a number of people who have had coronavirus/Covid-19 (either tested positive for, or strongly suspected to have had). While none of these cases have been hospitalised, all have experienced quite severe upper respiratory symptoms that have lingered for quite …
Continue reading “Coronavirus, Covid & Singing: How Covid-19 Appears to Affect The Singing Voice”
I spend a lot of time working on voices. Often we are building them from the ground-up, teaching the instrument how to behave in a new way. This can be slow for voices that are more stubborn, have suffered from health issues, etc. The process can also be surprisingly quick, as voices typically suck up …
One of the key principles that our technique is built on is using the natural calibration of your speaking voice (i.e. chest voice) as a roadmap to build our singing voice. The greater the deviation from our speaking voice co-ordination/calibration (evidenced by a different sound), the greater the level of issues singers tend to encounter. …
Continue reading “How different is your singing from your speaking voice?”