You may not have heard of speech level singing before, but it is a technique used by many singing stars, including Jennifer Lopez and Michael Jackson, among others.  The idea of speech level singing is to produce tones easily, as if you were speaking, without the discomfort or voice strain that is usually associated with singing exercises.

You see, between your chest voice and your head voice is something that is commonly referred to, in speech level singing, as your mixed voice.  When the resonance begins to go behind your soft palate, the split leaves some of it in your head and some in your mouth.  The mixture of both head and chest voices is called a mixed voice.

Your larynx, also known as a voice box, has two very different sets of muscles that you should be concerned about, inner and outer.  Many singers try to use their outer larynx muscles to control their voice, but that will just cause your vocal chords to tense up.  Therefore, it can create discomfort and it certainly won’t help you improve your singing voice.
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One of the best methods to train your vocal range called “speech level singing”. This exercise focus on training your specific muscles located next to your vocal cords. These muscles called the “inner muscles of the larynx” … It’s purpose is to develop your larger vocal range and a consistent tone from your lowest note to your highest.

The exercises are in some ways, genius. They engage only the correct muscles for singing, and develop them so they become highly efficient, and skilled.

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