IMPROVING SINGING TONE AND RESONANCE

Improve Your Singing Tone And Resonance

Improving your singing tone will depend on your understanding of the components that make up good tone and what produces bad tone.



Tone is described as, “a musical or vocal sound with reference to its pitch, quality, and strength.” according to Dictionary.com.

Tone or timbre (which is the quality of a musical note, sound, or tone that distinguishes different types of sound production). In this case we are describing the sound of your singing voice.


Tone Color

Tone color is the characteristic that allows us to distinguish the sound of one voice or instrument from another. Described by terms like warm, dark, bright, or buzzy.

For example: a violin and a piano can be played with the same pitch and volume, but produce different tones. A piano will have a warm tone, whereas a violin has a bright or shrill tone.

Tone is not to be confused with pitch and loudness.

Just as two different singers could be singing a song with the same loudness and pitch, you could still distinguish them from their tone.

It’s described as the color of your voice. Is it warm, dark, ringing, shrill, or bright?

The tone of your voice changes with your moods or the emotions you are trying to convey.

Our tone is created through resonance which we will discuss in more detail shortly.


Common Tone Issues



Common issues with creating the appropriate tone is either it’s too breathy due using too much air too quickly, or the tone is too tight as a result of tension, and the sound is therefore squashed and restricted.

There are 3 basic categories that sum up the most common tone producing mistakes:

> Throaty Voice: described as heavy, thick, and deep, low, and seems to come from deep in your throat cuased by a constricting of the throat.

> Nasally Voice: or hypernasality occurs when there is too much nasal airflow or a lack of appropriate nasal airflow during speech and particuliarly when singing high notes.There are some who enjoy the nasal sound. However, it is not generally considered to be a desirable tone.

> Breathy Voice: Better known as hypofunctional. This occurs when the vocal cords are held apart, allowing a larger amount of air to escape between them. This produces an audible breathy, airy sound. Like a balloon leaking air.