{"id":659,"date":"2022-12-29T01:29:41","date_gmt":"2022-12-29T09:29:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.singeo.com\/chorus\/?p=659"},"modified":"2023-06-16T11:02:21","modified_gmt":"2023-06-16T18:02:21","slug":"how-to-stop-sounding-nasal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.singeo.com\/chorus\/how-to-stop-sounding-nasal\/","title":{"rendered":"How to stop sounding nasal."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If you don&#8217;t love the sound of your voice, it may be that you are stuck in your nose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But I have great news\u2026 This is a really easy problem to solve. Today, I&#8217;m back with some easy tips and tricks that will help you stop singing nasally and have you sounding amazing in no time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, a quick disclaimer: having some resonance or sound in your nose is not necessarily bad. But it&#8217;s when you start sounding like Janice from &#8220;Friends&#8221; that we want to take the sound out of your nose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But first things first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;ll have to understand what it feels like and what it means to be&nbsp;<em>in<\/em>&nbsp;our noses. The fastest way to find out is to sing the word &#8216;HUNG&#8217; and maintain the sound at the end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you plug your nose, you&#8217;ll find it impossible to make this sound. Your ears will probably pop, and it&#8217;ll feel like you&#8217;re stuck. Because that sound needs your nose to be created.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So\u2026 let&#8217;s prepare ourselves to make terrible sounds for a minute and just practice. Give it a try.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have pets and they don&#8217;t seem concerned yet, let&#8217;s move to the next terrible sound. Sing &#8216;UH&#8217; (as in the word &#8220;duh&#8221;) and maintain it, keeping your mouth as closed as possible. After a couple of seconds, let your jaw fall, transforming the sound into a wider &#8216;AH.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pay attention to how the sound feels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now plug your nose again and keep going. Notice how the sound completely travels out of your nose. And just like that\u2026 you did it. You&#8217;re completely out of your nose!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wow, congratulations, friend!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But there&#8217;s a little more. You&#8217;ve learned what it feels like to get out of your nose. Now we need to apply that to singing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sing a line from a song. It doesn&#8217;t matter which. First, do it like you normally do, then try it plugging your nose. If you&#8217;re singing nasally, it&#8217;ll be obvious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Do keep in mind that you use your nose to pronounce &#8216;M&#8217; and &#8216;N.&#8217; So that is normal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Doing the same thing we did before, lower your jaw a little bit more. Focusing on the vowels and giving the sound enough space. You&#8217;ll hear an instant shift.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You know what it feels like when the sound is trapped in your nose now. So you can continue testing by holding one nostril closed with your finger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Give it a go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, if you still don&#8217;t feel like you&#8217;ve completely solved the problem, I have one more trick up my sleeve for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I want you to fill up your cheeks with air as if you&#8217;re blowing birthday candles and sing the melody, letting air come out slowly. It should feel like a lot of effort. Keep your cheeks inflated, and make sure you&#8217;re doing it right by holding your hand in front of your face. You should be able to feel the air coming out of your mouth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After practicing a few times, go back to singing normally. It&#8217;ll sound so much better.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Because your voice has much more support, and the sound has the space it needs to come out of your mouth instead of getting stuck in your nose.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Again, remember that some resonance in your nose is normal and good. But if you use these techniques when you&#8217;re practicing, you&#8217;ll be able to help your voice sound instantly better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Take your singing to the next level<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you enjoyed working on your voice with Lisa, you&#8217;re in luck!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a Singeo Member, you have access to practice guides in different keys, the ability to transpose or repeat certain sections, get personalized reviews of your progress, and much more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And if you ever need help finding the sound and style you want, I can also personally help you. As a Singeo member, you can get feedback from Lisa and our roster of coaches whenever you need it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The best part? With your 7-DAY FREE TRIAL, you can have<strong> full access <\/strong>to our member&#8217;s area without having to pay a dime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s all<a href=\"https:\/\/www.singeo.com\/trial\"> here for your right now.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-50 has-custom-font-size has-medium-font-size\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-vivid-purple-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.singeo.com\/trial\">START MY FREE TRIAL<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you finding your singing to be stuck in your nose? 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