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Lesson time: (2min 32sec)
Adam Mishan walks you through the lip roll, fingers on the lips, a steady motorboat sound and a slightly lowered larynx, to warm up and free your voice.
This lesson is part of the course Beginner Singing Lessons For Men
Watch a preview of the full course below.
Lesson transcript:
The next exercise we're going to do is one of my personal favorites: the lip roll.
Finger Placement
Creating Sound
The places where a lot of people run into problems is when they stifle the sound from continuing to roll.
When you're done, fill with air by relaxing your abdominals.
With this exercise, we want to try to do it with a slightly lowered larynx.
When your vocal cords are high in your throat, it creates a very tight, squeezed sound. Conversely, when they're nice and low, it results in a wider, more open sound.
This technique will significantly help males, as it aids in maintaining a lowered larynx when moving into head voice. This keeps the throat nice and relaxed, even on high notes.
Now, jump over to the audio portion to get the full demonstration of this exercise.
Adam Mishan is a vocal coach who taught himself to sing. His videos document the journey from not being able to hold a pitch to singing with real control, and that path now shapes how he teaches - over 200,000 people follow along on YouTube. In his courses you'll work on pitch, breath support, tone and range in small, repeatable steps, the same way he built his own voice. read more
