Estill Voice Training is a popular method that is now used worldwide by many vocal coaches and speech therapists. This is mainly due to its effective technical exercises and clear explanation. As a singer, it helps you greatly expand your technical abilities and strengthen existing techniques.
Within our studio, Anne van Zandbergen is our speech therapist. Since graduating from the speech therapy program in Almere, she has been helping our students with her speech therapy knowledge. Our studio is not registered with health insurers. Therefore, attending speech therapy sessions with Anne is currently not reimbursable by your insurer.
Technique is the building block for projection and dynamics. Good voice projection, in other words, being heard in every situation, is essential. Projection is about more than just volume. Therefore, we often address projection and dynamics together.
When working on dynamic voice usage, we aim to prevent your voice from sounding monotonous. Do you always speak at the same volume, pitch, and speed? Then there's a good chance people will describe your voice usage as monotonous or even boring. Fortunately, this can be corrected by using your voice technique. In the section on projection and dynamics, we'll teach you how to use this technique to adapt your voice to any situation.
Improving diction is often overlooked, yet it is crucial. Many people believe that clear speech requires large movements of the lips, jaw, and tongue. The opposite is true:
Good diction requires small movements and minimal adjustments of lip, jaw, and tongue position.
Good diction enhances your projection, dynamics & endurance.
When using your voice for presentations, voice training can help you bring more dynamism and projection to your voice usage. But it doesn't end there.
It's important to know how to use the acquired dynamics and projection. When do you speak louder, faster, softer, higher, lower? It depends on your story: What is the storyline of your presentation? What is the dynamics within that storyline? How will your story convince your audience? Based on these questions, you can start matching your voice to your story.
In addition, when it comes to performance, you always consider interpretation: What is the song about, what do you want to convey to the audience, and what kind of feeling does it give you as a singer.
Fortunately, you don't have to imitate anyone, and you can use all this information to give a performance that suits you.
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