subject: How to Improve Your Singing in Steps - Look at Babies [print this page] How to Improve Your Singing in Steps - Look at Babies
How to improve your singing by looking at babies? I know... it's very suspect as a technique, but it works. You never know what you can learn from babies until you look.
Although they may not sing a whole lot, babies have incredibly relaxed faces. Look at an infants mouth and jaw (either a real baby or a photograph). Their mouths often hang open, and their lips are completely relaxed. Even when they are smiling or trying to make sound, they keep their jaw and lips very relaxed. Babies dont spend much time with their mouths shut, so they remain in the relaxed position most of the time.
The more you can model a babys mouth and face relaxation while you sing, the better you will sound. Imitate baby babble while watching yourself in a mirror and notice how much more relaxed your face is. Now do the same relaxed positions while singing and you will instantly sound better.
Pick a song you are familiar with, like "Happy Birthday" and sing it as though you were doing baby babble. Do you notice that you HAVE to relax to do baby babble? There's no way to make babble sound with tension in the mouth or jaw, so for this exercise, that's a good thing. Keep imitating baby-sound and baby face all the way through the song. In fact, pick a few more songs and sing them that way. The more you practice this, the more your face will get used to it and like it. Good thing because we want this relaxed face to become habit.
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