This entry was posted in Vocal Technique and tagged nasal singing, nasal voice, nasally singing, singing, sounds nasally, stuffy nose, vocal problem, voice on Maby Sing With Power Blog. These should work well for you. Happy Singing!! Again, it will keep the “snorting” muscles from engaging. Keep the air coming through the hum unobstructed.Īnother good exercise type for your issue is to use an “ng” sound on an arpeggio of your choice with a nguh nguh nguh nguh sound. Humming necessitates the tone naturally releasing through the nose without pinching. They will tend stay in that contracted, pinched position for a little while after the high note passages, just as you described. Some good warm-up exercises to do should include some scales or arpeggios on a hum, but drop the jaw as you sing higher, keeping the lips still touching. This will help release the muscles under the jaw. You’re pinching off your nasal passages when singing high (the same muscles you would use to “snort” either in or out). Of course I don’t breathe from my nose when I sing, but it’s something I notice after I finish a piece or breaks between verses.”
It goes away after a couple of breathes through the nose and comes back right after the high notes again.
mucus) in the nasal but more like a short duration tense pressure that requires more effort to breathe from the nose after singing high notes. “It’s definitely not a cold. It’s not exactly the same feel of having something physical (for ex. Here’s part of a question concerning an uncommon vocal problem posted online: