Vocal Freedom is what all singers reach for, isn’t it? To be able to open your mouth, breathe and have a consistently great sound emerge. A voice that is always in tune and always expressive of your feelings.

The problem is that your tendency is to try too hard! And your efforts cause tight muscles that actually prevent vocal freedom. So what is a singer to do?

In my vocal method, SingLikeYouSpeak™, we do Ramdom Pitch Exercises. The following is a excerpt from my book, Sing Like You Speak™: The Morganix Method, about Random Pitch Exercises. The purpose of these exercises is to get you closer to vocal freedom by responding to the pitch – hear the pitch and respond to it without effort.

Random Pitch Exercises
Random Pitch Exercises emerged from observing students respond to predictable exercises. If a mistake was made by playing a non-sequential pitch to begin the next exercise – going up a whole step instead of a half step – students made some very, shall we say, interesting sounds. Students were anticipating and preparing for a different pitch by manipulating the instrument rather than hearing the pitch and responding to it.

Without your interference, the vocal folds adjust to pitch by responding to a signal that goes from the auditory system (hearing) to the brain. Your brain hears the pitch, sends a signal to the vocal folds; the vocal folds adjust their size to the correct pitch. This complex chain reaction is subconscious and altogether natural.

A common tendency is to “help” the process by micromanaging the larynx. This is not done with totally conscious thought, but out of fear that the pitch will not be accurate or that the voice will sound lousy or a million other subconscious lies. However, physically altering the vocal production system causes inaccuracy of pitch – just the opposite of the desired effect.

Random Pitch Exercises strip away the propping up of the larynx or the muscle tension that can occur prior to creating sound. With practice, Random Pitch Exercises eliminate the preconceived, possibly subconscious notion that you must physically adjust the instrument for each pitch. The result is simplicity of thought process and consistency of vocal response to pitch. Simply open on inhale and speak through the space with a true response to the musical pitch!

For much more information on singing with vocal freedom, visit my website, SingLikeYouSpeak.com You will find a free video voice lesson by clicking on the opt in. Enjoy!

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Sally Morgan is a professional vocal trainer with over 30 years of experience. Sally is also the creator and author of SingLikeYouSpeak(TM)!

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