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Safe ways to belt people? (All Teachers)
Safe ways to belt people?
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A comma would definitely save lives here.
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Wear gloves, could injure yourself otherwise
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Don’t use the metal end.
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Lol. In answer to your question, I teach belt by getting people to tap into the sound of calling out (I believe it’s anatomically nearly identical in terms of the coordination of everything – unless Matt disagrees with me…). I’ll start with a really low and comfortable “hey”, which we then build up in volume and pitch till we’re really calling out. The key thing is to make sure that the vocal fold closure is nice and consistent throughout, no unintentional growling. Then I formalise the pitch into an 8 note scale alternating between “hey” and “ha”. Then if we’re applying belt to a particular song, I get them to call out the song lyrics on pitch then get them to make the jump to making the sound more “musical”. I often use elements of Alexander Technique to help release any unnecessary neck tension. Hope that helps.
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Yes it does! Thanks. I imagine making the sound more nasal helps as well?
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