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What
is vibrato? How do I create it and control it?
Does it involve my stomach or throat?
Vibrato
can be a tricky thing. In fact, throughout the scientific
industry there is still somewhat a dispute over exactly
what vibrato is and why it exists.
However,
let's discuss what we do know.
a) Vibrato is the natural or forced fluctuation of a
tone.
b) Breathing muscles seem to be responsible for vibrato
creation.
It
is possible to forcefully create a vibrato using your
diaphragm muscles, it is also possible to manipulate
other parts of the voice organ to force vibrato creation.
However, we recommend vibrato be created with much less
effort.
We
support the following position about vibrato:
A
free and focused tone will naturally possess a minor
fluctuation in pitch which will serve to warm or intensify
the sound. That doesn't mean that one should not learn
how to manually control and use vibrato at will, but
simply that its natural development is of primary importance
to a singer's training.
So
how do you get that free and focused tone that leads
to natural vibrato without actually concentrating on
vibrato specifically? You learn the facts about singing
and master some basic skills directly associated with
vibrato creation. Two basic skills which deserve your
attention are:
1)
Breathing properly for singing (Singing Is Easy, Lesson
#2 - Breathe By Number).
2)
Supporting the tone with the diaphragm (Singing Is Easy,
Lesson #4 - Diaphragm Dance Trilogy).
Nine
times out of ten we are able to solve all vibrato problems
(and many other fundamental singing challenges) with
concentrating on these basic skills. It makes sense
since these skills are part of the very foundation of
voice production. Once these development steps are taken
and you understand how easy it is to make everything
work together, you will surprise yourself one day during
rehearsal by accidentally creating a tone beautifully
enhanced with natural vibrato.
Follow
these steps and the vocal training exercises available to you in
the Singing Is Easy course to develop
your full singing voice - which includes your natural vibrato!
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