When you’re aiming to sing at your best with exactness in pitch, one thing you should know is how to sing without sounding nasal. In this blog post we will discuss how to identify your proper soft palate and tongue position. As well as some vocal exercises to help you get into the habit of creating enough space in your mouth to adjust your tone.
You are capable of achieving different qualities of sound with the exact same pitch on the piano. What you need to know is what your tongue and soft palate’s relation is, meaning how close they are to each other.
Here Are Some Steps to Take to Stop Sounding Nasal When You Sing!
Here’s what I want you to do:
- Make your tongue move to the top of your mouth, underneath your nose, slide it back until it feels a little soft, and notice that it gets to the soft tissue space that’s called your soft palate.
- Now imagine the space between your tongue, which is underneath it, and the soft palate and then the proximity of that.
- Keep your mouth closed and smile, did you notice the space between the tongue and the soft palate just changed?
There’s bigger space than before, right?
The thing that makes a voice sound nasally is that space becomes small. So if you make your tongue and my soft palate come together, you will create a nasal sound. But if you create some distance between the two you will create an open sound. Being in control of your soft palate is a big component in being able to not have a nasal sound when you sing. Below are some vocal exercises you can practice. Be sure to really sing these words with openness and implement what you learned about creating space between the tongue and soft palate. - HOW NOW BROWN COW
- MIGHT LIGHT SIGHT KITE
- HOW ARE YOU
- And here’s the last one, we’re going to end off with a big yawn like a lion. This is supportive to changing around your quality of sound, especially if you’re concerned with feeling nasally or having too bright of a tone. Start with your cheeks and your nose scrunched together
- Then you’re going to make your voice go from a higher note to a lower note placement, starting in your cheeks and finishing in your jaw.
9. Let’s break down that last step some more. Start off with just creating a high note going into a lower note. Brighter tones and higher notes are normally pretty connected, so if you’re trying to figure out how to have a deeper tone, do it more in your jaw and your tongue in a lower pitch. Continue to practice these techniques and watch your singing confidence rise!
