Set Your Voice Free: How to Get the Singing or Speaking Voice You Want

The Other Nasal Voice

Hear your voice breaking in spots?

The human voice is set up to speak or sing twenty-four hours a day without getting hoarse or strained or creating any physical problems.

Great speaking and singing is not about being the best. It’s about being unique. It’s about expressing who you are and what’s particularly special about you.

The average (not the exceptional) person should be able to sing smoothly through two and a half octaves with no breaks, squawks, or squeals in his or her voice.

The Overview

Some nasal sounds come about when a speaker tightens the back of his or her throat, which keeps the air from freely flowing into the mouth.

correct. Simple changes in how you breathe, which we’ll cover in the next chapter, will give you almost immediate relief.

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