Speaking and vocalization skills

They are all human beings, so why is it that some people can make sounds that make others feel happy, while some people clearly say nice things and talk to others seriously, but fail to give others a good experience? In fact, this is because people do not attach importance to being pleasing in their personal speech. There are many techniques for personal speaking. For example, how to inhale and exhale at the right time, pay attention to using different tones of expression, etc. Let's learn about the techniques related to speaking and voice.

Speaking skills

1. Inhale

Inhale vertically downward through your mouth and nose, and breathe the air into the bottom of your lungs. Be careful not to lift your shoulders. When inhaling, expand the area near your lower ribs. In the abdomen, gradually expand the diaphragm, causing the abdomen to expand forward and to the left and right sides. Contract your lower abdomen forcefully, and do not expand it. The back should be upright and the spine is almost motionless, but its sides can move and must expand downward and to the left and right. At this time, the air is pushed to the sides and back and stored there. Hold it and then slowly exhale.

2. Exhale

When singing, you should still remain in the inhaling state. This is very important. It is like inflating a bicycle. You cannot relax all at once. There is also the problem of maintaining your breathing. To maintain your breath, you must always keep inhaling during the singing process, control your breath and exhale slowly. You must save air and exhale evenly. This is the so-called breath confrontation. During the process of exhaling and inhaling, you should pay attention to the feeling of stiff breathing. The whole body expression should be actively relaxed. The tense parts are the diaphragm and ribs. The ribs are like a full balloon. We should let the sound sit on it and pull it down. We cannot let the balloon float up. In other words, we should hold the breath and not let it rise. This involves the problem of the breath fulcrum.

3. Have breath support when singing

The support point means that the sound must have a foothold, and this foothold is the diaphragm and the lower ribs on both sides. When students cough or laugh, they can directly feel its supporting effect. People who have not received breathing training often have red faces and thick necks, bulging veins, stiff singing voices, and are unable to reach high notes or lower low notes when singing. All of these are related to the failure to maintain the breath support point. On the contrary, if you have mastered the breathing method and have a sense of the support point, then when you sing, you will feel that the sound seems to fall on the breath that you control. In other words, the sound is supported by the breathing. This kind of sound is not only pleasant and loud, but also can make various changes in strength freely.

4. Different phrases require different breaths

When performing chest and abdominal breathing, the strength of the breathing and the method of exhalation should vary according to the different requirements of the song (or musical phrase) being sung. Here are some different breathing exercises.