Singing Technique 1

The vocal folds, also known commonly as vocal cords or voice reeds, are composed of twin infoldings of mucous membrane stretched horizontally, from back to front, across the larynx. They vibrate, modulating the flow of air being expelled from the lungs during phonation.

Open during inhalation, closed when holding one's breath, and vibrating speech or singing (oscillating 440 times per second when singing A above middle C), the folds are controlled via the vagus nerve. They are white because of scant blood circulation.
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( sourced from:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vocal_folds )

Posture diagram

It is important to warm up your voice before you begin singing a song. We do this by using vocal warm ups and exercises like diaphragm kicks, voice placement, range, scales, lip and tongue trills, sirens and kazoos and humming.  You also need to make sure that you have good posture and breath deeply.



For the past couple of week i have been preparing for my cabaret, to warm up my voice I used the Shelley Kristen warm-up CD every morning, and then went through the song I'm performing for the cabaret, Don Quixote Man of La Mancha. As well as this I have been preparing for our showcase with the first year Musical Theatre class, as well as going through songs and dances with a friend at my house.