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- čas přidán 3. 03. 2012
- Whether your are recovering from a cold, suffering through allergy season or just need a great warmup to access your mix, you NEED to see this video.
With a cup of water, and a straw - you will learn how to use the straw in voice and voiceless ways and exercise the proper amount of airflow needed, both in and out of the water.
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Intriguing & informative video. I may have to watch it several times as I kept being distracted by the teacher.
I know exactly what you mean...;-)
Hi folks! I'm studying with Dr. Titze now :) and yes, the diameter makes a difference in the resistance (we use the fancy term "inertance" with respect to the ideal type of resistance in the vocal tract) and length doesn't make as much difference. The smaller the straw's diameter, the more inertance... which can be useful in making your voice feel free and easy. However, some people prefer a thicker diameter, as the stir sticks are too challenging for them. I'd use whatever works best for you :)
Thanks. I'm going to use this. I'm a teacher and I've heard that blowing bubbles can help my muscle tension. I like the progression of exercises that you give with this video.
HI Tom! I know I am pretty late but just wanted to let you know my voice teacher thinks this amazing and I now do this everyday and it has really improved my singing.
Hi Tom, Your videos have been SO helpful to me! I have been recovering from a paralyzed vocal cord. My speech pathologist introduced me to you and I am very grateful. My voice is getting stronger each day.
So good to hear this! I ended up here for the same reason. Covid got to my vocal cords.
This was an excellent presentation. I've watched tons of straw-singing videos and I find this one very clear, on point and yes, easy on the eyes.
Thanks Dale. Glad you've enjoyed.
I've seen other clips on using straws while vocalizing, but yours is the most clear...and most fun!
Hi Travis. Thanks for your note. I will have to look up some research but I do notice a difference in varying sizes of the straws. I reproduce the resistance by using various stages of the water. I often use straws with clients since they are often more functional to find! Keepin' it practical. The Starbucks near my office doesn't have those type of stirrers and I know my clients will some times not comply with exercises unless I make it easy an accessible!
Fantastic video which I have indeed shared multiple times to fellow pro singers and singing students. Thank you 😊
Thank you!
Hi Alice, thanks for watching. Absolutely. Many professionals use straws daily to warmup. You can use a quick version of this exercise as a warmup AND a cooldown after the show. Good luck! For more exercises like this check out our VoiceFlix program on our site.
Tom Burke Hello! May I know the principle of straw breathing as relaxing exercise for vocal folds? Does it also help increasing breath support?
Ruby W Hi Ruby. Look up some of the research by Ingo Titze who can explain the science in more detail. Thanks for watching.
Hey Russel. Thanks for watching. Hope over to my site to get on the list for more videos!
You're amazing, these videos helped me a lot to get a better tone. Cheers from Brazil!
Hi Kat, I'd suggest reading up on some of Ingo Titze's work who explains this nicely (beyond my allotted characters). But in essence we are seeking a barely adducted vocal fold position to allow for greater ease and resonance; a sense of unobstructed easy airflow. This can be done with breathy styles and in quiet, non breathy ones.
I'm intrigued...will try it out! Thanks
Very simple. .very useful. .
Hi Tom - thanks for this Content - I’ve a genuine question:
Is there any plausibility.. for American 🇺🇸 speakers to adopt a more “mixed” speaking voice (speaking in a mid range pitch wise- instead of at bottom of speaking range and often into vocal fry) ?
Hi Tom, Great Video. I use the straw phonation regularly, but only recently started with the water resistance. I love your gradual change from the straw to the semi Occluded W. Was that part of Titze's exercise, or did you create that yourself. Either way, excellent!
The spanish "B" or "V" sound is what you refer to at the end - "Barcelona" and "Valencia" have the same initial consonant in spanish (...I wonder if that is why there are so many good spanish opera singers?) Using "BV" to represent that sound, I'm trying "BVa" "BVee" "BVoo" sounds as an exercise.
Thanks Stephen. Agreed!
Hi, I like your tutorial, im gonna try this and do this as a daily routine. Keep up the good work Tom Burke =)
just a question...I believed that you were not meant to expel very much air while singing...in fact I have done exercises where you're not meant to blow out the flame on a candle. Are you releasing too much air with this exercise, or is this just a way to release the voice then you work on not releasing so much air? I'd appreciate comments. Thanks.
Hi, Kat - my thoughts/question exactly. I've used straw phonation techniques successfully over the years as a singer and teacher, and, it was always my understanding that the point was to feel little/no air coming through the end of the straw during phonation!
I came across this watched it and although I'm not a singer would it help me from talking through my nose maybe because of allergies IDK but 62 I think I'm too old to sounds like this @2nasally 😞
Underrated
Appreciate you watching!
PS - thanks for the lovely video Tom!
oh! And a good indicator of a good amount of air is if your voice feels "free" and "easy". :)
I enjoy these videos!
Thank you Tom. Awesome to see a demonstration of the exercises. I have a question: for female voice, do you recommend an early switch into the head voice or should it be somewhat grounded in the chest voice in the middle register? I notice that this position makes me flip to my sort of disconnected head voice super early, but maybe that's how it's supposed to be? The air flow is consistent but the register breaks on slides bother me. Thanks.
Hi Casey! The goal is to eventually take the straw out of the water and hold the straw directly in front of you! Tom
Hi Tom- I love using straws but was taught to use coffee stirrers- I noticed Titze also uses a coffee stirrer in one of his videos. In your opinion, does the diameter of the straw make a difference and if so, what are the benefits of using one size versus another? From research, i found that two coffee straws taped together equal the diameter of the epilaryngeal tube. Would the amount of subglottic pressure during phonation differ with different straw sizes? Excited to try this with the water!
Never heard of this technique. What exactly does it accomplish?
Semi-occluded phonation (in less Egghead speak: increased vocal compression without constriction).
And how exactly does one accomplish this? You say to do this, but not exactly how..
Just like he explains in the video. Make your lips into an OO shape (as in the word "too"), and make the sound of V, as in "van". Sounds kind of like a race car revving its engine. Now, slide up and down on that sound as high and as low as is comfortable.
Hi Tom, thank you so much for this video it's really helped me! Just a quick question, do you think using straws is a good way to help preserve your voice through a season of a show? Our school production of CATS opens in a few weeks and i'm really worried about keeping my voice in good shape to perform 'Memory' each night while still having school and everything throughout the day! Do you think straws are a good way to keep my voice fresh and not strained? Thanks!
Thanks for watching!
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Hi Tom, thanks so much for this video! I have a question...I’m a lifelong singer and recently / the past few months, every time I sing or speak, I get extreme nasal congestion and goes away when I stop singing or speaking. This has never happened before but now it happens virtually all the time I phonate in some way. Any clue what could cause this? I’m going to see an ENT in the next couple of weeks but if you have any tips on how to prevent this, I’d much appreciate any guidance you have. Thanks!
Liza Lapail Hi! I'd have lots of questions to ask about related to this. Changes in location, allergies, reflux, environment, hydration, nerves, fatigue, tensiom elsewhere in the body, can each contribute to the sense of "getting stuck." And sure you think through any contributing factors that may be applied here and check in with that ENT. Reach out to me if you need further assessment.
I notice very few people address the significant difference in sensation when using straws of different diameters. What's your take on that? Should one start with a smaller diameter straw? Or medium? Even tiny measurement differences feel very different when vocalizing, I find. And straws differ widely (pun intended) from cafe to cafe!!! (I steal mine.)
+Kitdiva: If you notice the BIG picture of his whole progression, he starts with the MOST resistance, and decreases it with each step. 1) Starts with deep water "even" bubbles. 2) Then moves to water ripples. (less resistance) 3) Then moves away from the glass to covering half the straw... etc. By moving from the most resistance to the least, you will also build up your breath "control", allowing you to hold out phrases longer when practiced over time. Do you agree Tom?
+Tom Roan - Thanks. I *did* notice that, of course. But he uses the same straw throughout. I sometimes use a smaller diameter one and progress to a larger one because when you eventually sing, you are essentially not occluded at all (give or take some consonants or weird music requirements). I know some voice therapists work with graduated straws, but how do you decide what's a good starting size, since the initial benefits are not the same? And one can blow TOO hard through a too-small straw and not achieve the desired results, possibly even doing harm.
+Kitdiva and +Tom Roan I agree with both of you! Yes, Tom Roan, in lieu of having multiple straws I use the sequence to go from highest to lowest resistance. You can emulate this with different straw size but I don't feel that is necessarily functional for someone to figure out on their own. I want this to be so simple that you can go to Starbucks, get your straw and commit to practicing each day easily. That being said, I do experiment with a variety of things like singing into a water batter, glass cup, singing in the corner of a room, singing into the back of the hand, lip trills, fricatives, all as versions of semi-occluded vocal tract exercises with different levels of resistance. The progression I typically use is Water bottles, Glasses, Straws, Lip trills, fricatives, /i/ /u/ /eh/ /o/ /ah/ for glides.
+Kitdiva: Everything Tom is saying is good stuff! I want to address your concern about blowing Too Hard. Remember his step 1. Steady, even bubbles in the water. To achieve that, you're not really able to blow TOO hard. Even if using a cocktail straw. In fact, I prefer a thin cocktail straw. There is a difference between blowing and expelling. Blowing is what you do to candles on a cake. Expelling is like a yawn or sigh, as you would when putting something really HOT in your mouth. Each technique is valid, and using both will lead to a better warm up. I recommend singers put a candle 4-5 inches from their mouth, take a deep breath, then slowly expel all air without blowing out the candle. Warm air expelling, rather than cool air blowing. Both approaches used together should be great!
I was recently at an audition this weekend and I on of my friends was using a straw to help warm up!
Amazing.. thank you so much!
Hey G. Ensure you are starting with the straw in the water. This is the easiest place to start to ensure you aren't pushing or frying.
Also, how long do we generally do warm ups with this?
It's so easy!
Should any air come out of your nose? I can do it both ways but not sure which one I should use?
The goal is to be able to do both depending upon the style you'll be singing. Experiment to see which feels best!
Tom Burke Thank you!! I get tension in my throat sometimes so when the air is coming out of my nose it takes the tension away. Hopefully that will help with placement?
Thankyou
Hey Tom, got a few questions for you :) My bubbles stay pretty much the same whether I'm doing voiceless, with voice, low pitched or high, but when I use the ripples for reference the air pressure drops as I go up and increases as I go down. Is this better than the air pressure increasing as I go up and dropping going down? Should the difference in air pressure still be eliminated?
There's also a micro break in the air flow as I go from voiceless to voice, otherwise the flow is the same. Is this a problem?
I was taught that the airflow should be exhaled at a steady pace from the lungs, checked by holding my hands at my sidebody, but it seems that if the air pressure coming out of the vocal folds is to stay steady, then the air pressure coming in needs to vary in strength, thus making the contraction of my sidebody unsteady. Which reference (sidebody vs ripples) matters? And why?
Thanks for sharing :)
Hi Kiman, I'm happy to hop on a 10 min chat to review with you. You can schedule on my site www. tomburkevoice. com
What if your nasal port is open while humming through straws? Should the air only be directed out the mouth? At times, I notice nasal resonance.
You shouldn't be humming because humming means the air is coming through your nose. You should be able to feel the air coming through the straw. Or plug your nose and if the sound changes, then you're not doing it correctly. All the air should be coming through the straw.
Hi. Adding nasality isn't necessarily a bad thing here as it may also serve as a Semi-Occluded Vocal Tract exercise. Try both! Pinch the nostrils to eliminate the airflow. See which yields easier voicing for you.
I snort blow....thanx for the straw techniques..always looking for ways to get a higher high. Have to try this snorting oxy. thanx bro, ill have my other homies give this video a look. Any other strategies, let me know bro.
Hi Kat~ I thought I'd weigh in in case you feel a bit unsure about your own practice:
Your teacher may have been responding to your specific style of voice-production... the truth is, some people "waste" a lot of air, while some do not use nearly enough to support their voice. The Goldilocks rule applies :) Not too much, or too little... but just right :) Meanwhile, try Tom's neat exercises, you'll likely find that through the straw not too much air comes out at a time anyhow!
Are lip trills just as effective as straws are? Or are straws a better addition?
Hi Jan. Depends upon how you define "better." I would say different, as straws (with or without water) may yield a different sense of "back pressure" than the lip trills. Also, the lip trills features two vibrating sources (i.e. vocal folds and lips) vs. just one (vocal folds in straws). I would check out the research at the Journal of Voice to review the comparison between the different types of "Semi-occluded vocal tract exercises" like this. Check out this article: www.jvoice.org/article/S0892-1997(13)00240-3/abstract
To credit the straw technique it was originated by Ingo Titze. czcams.com/video/asDg7T-WT-0/video.html
coreenamusic he did say that
Hi Tom,
Quick question, but I feel like when I'm doing some of the exercises with the straw I sometimes go into vocal fry, which I'm assuming is something I would not want to do, right?
Thanks!
G
My speech therapist recommended this exercise - thank you. Just finished doing it for the first time and I sounded like a wounded pig :) I guess the only way is up...
Great! Thank you !
It's hard!
Gotta admit Tom, I got quite distracted by your good looks while 'trying' to concentrate on this vocal technique. Had to replay it several times. 😃 😜
Phyllis Moon ha! Thanks. Well consider joining the studio!
This video was made 8 years ago are you still this cute today?
Ha. I hope so?
@@hitomburke Thanks! Your technique helps. Reminds me of when I studied voice with Todd Duncan (the original Porgy) in the DC area. Here is my latest cover song. Enjoy!
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You should never need more than 15 minutes!
SCIENCE!
You are so cute! Are you single?
DONT be stupid