Fricatives Are My Favorite!
by Robyne Driggs What is a fricative? In this teaching tip, Robyne Driggs shares her experience with this valuable tool, and how they can be…
Tag: balance
Ask Dean: Muscle Tension Dysphonia
In this latest edition of ASK DEAN, Becky Gilhespie asked a question about vocal strain. QUESTION: Occasionally I come across a student whose voice opens…
Ask Dean: The Larynx-Tongue Paradox
An IVTOM member asked the question: “When my students are learning to lower the larynx, most default to pushing the larynx down with the base…
The Key: Balance and Consistency of Air, Muscle and Vowel
Weekly Teaching Tip – Aug. 15, 2018 by Dean Kaelin With all things there is a complicated and an easy explanation. Sometimes we get so…
Balance – Part 2
Weekly Teaching Tip – April 4, 2018 by Tricia Grey’ 2. The coordinated balance of TA/CT muscle activity: Pitch is created by alterations in the…
TEACHING TIP: BALANCE – Part 1
Weekly Teaching Tip – Tricia Grey Jan. 29, 2018 We need to coordinate and balance four components of our vocal “system” in order to sing…
A Few Words on Balance
Weekly Teaching Tip – Oct. 2, 2017 by Agata Pisko Our body is amazing. As soon as we use balance in any activity, we tend…
THE NEUTRAL LARYNX
Weekly Teaching Tip – Sep. 4, 2017 by Tricia Grey The larynx is moveable and can assume various heights due to the engagement of extrinsic…
Small Changes can make Big Differences
Weekly Teaching Tip – July 31, 2017 by Piotr Markowski I found this sentence a couple of years ago in Dean Kaelin’s book: “Teaching Good…
Balance in the Extremes
Weekly Teaching Tip – July 24, 2017 by Camiah Mingorance My husband was diagnosed a few years ago with chronic acute kidney failure and last…
