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Belting, Riffing, and Vibrato:

Tips & Tricks

Riffing: Classical

  • The proper term for a riff in music theory is ostinato
  • Defined as a motif or phrase that persistently repeats
  • was written into musical pieces

Belting

Vibrato

Thank You!

Riffing: Contemporary

  • Often confused with chest voice
  • Is in the upper middle range
  • It is a combination of high larynx position, small airflow, engaged muscles in the torso, neck, and head, and a narrow 'twanger'
  • to belt properly, minimize tension in the throat and bring sound forward to the hard palate
  • Practice belting using scales or a melody line!
  • The sound can be forced if not properly trained in retraction of ventricular folds
  • Defined as a brief, relaxed phrase repeated over changing melodies
  • can also be called a 'lick'
  • can be written into music or improvised by the singer
  • they can vary from simple to complex
  • A regular, pulsating change of pitch
  • Can occur spontaneously through a tremor in the diaphragm or larynx
  • measured in both extent (amount of pitch change) and rate (speed with which pitch is varied)
  • vibrato is measurable! (in Hz)

Healthy Vibrato

Unhealthy Vibrato

  • focused tone
  • breath pressure
  • no pressure in the mouth or jaw
  • relaxed muscles
  • added pressure in the tongue, chin or jaw
  • pulsating the diaphragm to create a 'false' vibrato
  • lack of proper breath pressure
  • lack of focus!
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