What are the easiest ways to open your throat?

Opening the throat is what we call opening the voice. In fact, there are many ways to open the throat. As long as you master some methods and techniques, you can achieve ideal results. The following introduces to you the training method of yawning, the training method of singing while inhaling against the pharyngeal wall, and the training method of "drinking air" instantly. You can use these methods to open your throat in your daily life.

1. "Yawning" training method

The "yawning" training method refers to the method used to lower the larynx and expand the pharynx while singing. In the early stages of yawning, people should try to prevent yawning by forcing their mouths to close.

At this time, the soft palate will automatically rise, the nasal cavity will be excited and expanded, and the larynx will naturally drop. The pharyngeal tubes (nasopharynx, oropharynx, and laryngopharynx) will open up and down with the "yawning" action, expanding the spatial volume of the cavity, making the sound resonance channel spacious and unobstructed.

This "yawning" state is the state of "opening the throat", which is the state when singing. The famous French physiological acoustician Yu Song called it "hidden yawn". It provides the necessary conditions for the circulation of sound and breath.

2. Training method of singing by sucking along the pharyngeal wall

The purpose of "yawning" is to "open the throat" and stabilize the larynx in a low laryngeal position. However, it is difficult to maintain the "yawning" state throughout the entire process of singing.

Using the feeling of "singing while inhaling along the pharyngeal wall" can not only stabilize the singer's larynx in a low larynx position, but also allow the singer to "open the throat" freely and relaxedly.

When a person inhales, the larynx is in the most natural and relaxed state, the throat is not squeezed or pressed, and the breath flows smoothly. As long as you can maintain this feeling of "singing while inhaling" throughout the entire process of singing, you can always keep your throat in a low position and "open throat".

3. Training method of instant "drinking air"

When a person is frightened, the tense nervous system causes the cavity to expand rapidly. If you take advantage of this moment of surprise and "drink air" inward, you will feel a cool sensation in your throat and a feeling of your larynx "retreating" and "sinking".

What is important is not "drinking cool air" itself, but the movement changes of various organs that produce the "cool feeling". It not only lowers the position of the larynx, but also improves the shape of the throat.

This sudden expansion movement can open the throat in an instant, and this state is the correct state for singing.