[Guest Teacher]

I get terrible acid reflux whilst performing if I eat anything within a 2 hour gap before going on stage. But I think that’s just because I throw myself around a bit too much! Ha. In terms of the difference between chest and head voice – I have always been taught and understood that it is where the sound is resonating in the body. Could I be wrong? :S

[Guest Teacher]

Brilliant!

[Guest Teacher]

Agree with both Kat and Eliza here. Something I do as part of the warm up is to take unvoiced, semi-voiced and fully voiced consonants and sustain them so the student gets a feel for each kind of sound. They then work on it at home, then we open each sound onto a clean vowel. It seems boring but if the student really works with it, the results are great.

[Guest Teacher]

Thanks for the lightning fast replies, both! Her speaking voice is a little wispy, but not as much as her singing and she has successfully sung a clear, strong, breathless note before now with a little persuasion. I just want to start getting her to the point where she can do that herself as I can’t coax her into it every time she needs to sing! I’ll give those a go, thanks.

[Guest Teacher]

Has anyone used Music Teacher’s Helper? I’m considering giving it a trial, though I am quite happy with the systems I’ve got and am wondering if learning new software would just add another thing to my long to do list!