“Teaching Singing To Kids & Children Pt. 1” - Voice Lessons To The World Ep. 118

Hello singers and

singing

teachers, today we are going out with my friend Emmy to answer the question: can

children

take

singing

lessons

? What do you think, emmy, yeah, come on? I'm so excited to have emmy here with us today, emmy is super smart. Super talented budding musician, right, Emmy, yes, after many years of training, singing teachers, people constantly ask me what is the right age for

children

to start singing, is it safe for children to sing and how we make great

lessons

for

kids

, for the next two. episodes we are going to explore 10 important concepts together if you are a singing teacher I hope you get new ideas and confidence and if you are a singer of any age I think this will help you too so let's go with our first concept don't be afraid before we explore how teach children we need to know we can teach them and the answer is a resounding yes for many generations our vocal

world

has been plagued by a terrible four letter word fear never drink cold water hot water never clear your throat never cough never scream never whisper never do a glottal never breathe never lift your larynx never sing into your nose and the list goes on and I get it, I get it, it's terrifying for a singing teacher to think that they could somehow do it.

It hurts a child's

voice

, but let me send this to you as we begin. Fear never inspires. Love always inspires. Children love to sing. I love juices. I sure love Disney. Now I love Swedish fish. You can't sing that. I think it's hard to even say the word Swedish, try it. I love Swedish fish. Yes, you did it. I love good. I love to sing. If you do. And they will be singing, whispering, shouting and drinking hot and cold drinks with us or without us. Isn't it much better for them to be under the care of a trusted vocal professional than to have to figure it out alone?

The answer is pretty clear, so we shouldn't be afraid to teach children that we just have to be. patient, attentive and wise, and that begins with understanding how a child's

voice

differs from an adult's voice. Now there are some important differences in children that we want to understand, basically it all comes down to the size and development of things like the lungs, the lungs are smaller and less developed in children, that means that for example they won't be able to hold notes for as long as adults and we will not wait for them to reach the vocal cords.

The vocal folds are smaller in children than in adults and layers such as the intermediate and deep lamina propria. They do not fully develop until adolescence, this consideration affects how aggressive we are in seeking quick results with the vocal register. What about resonance? The resonance of a child's voice is different from that of adults. Simply put, children sound brighter. They have brighter formants. This has to do with the larynx being a little higher and also the smaller spaces in the pharynx, mouth and nasal cavity, remember that smaller spaces produce brighter sounds, this affects our expectations regarding the tone quality when working with children, in other words it's okay to let them be a little brighter than an adult, well now that we've explored some of the key differences, let's work on some vocal exercises in the same way we have youth sports like little league soccer gymnastics, we have little singing athletes, sports allow children to challenge themselves while we monitor their development responsibly singing is no different we can help young singers develop good habits and coordination with their vocal athleticism We want our exercises to be fun and simple but still focused on a specific goal, for example, this little woohoo celebration exercise encourages a positive spirit and helps stretch the vocal cords.

Well can you make one of these? How about this good Swedish fish? Well, woohoo, the following exercise brings a spirit of play, personalizes and materializes the sound, which helps develop the chest voice. We don't want to take this too high emmy is going to call her brother lucas hey okay hey hey hey hey lucas uh yeah that's good um what are bowling gummies? That's what they're called hey bowling gummies hey gums hey lucas hey lucas, okay, I don't know anything about that now, okay, let's go back, good job, now we'll use a prop and some creativity for an exercise that builds the mix by encouraging an embouchure narrow, a free tongue forward and also a tinkling, squawking, that is. a very that's a that's a quack attack right there okay a little too violent okay, uh, let's go back I want you to be let's have a nice a nice duckling that's a nice duckling okay, good little duck well, now let's have a quack friend nice friend healer There are literally hundreds of more examples, but I hope these give you a general idea of ​​exercises that are engaging and specific, but training a young singer is more than just exercising their voice, we also want to develop their musicality.

One of the best parts of working with children is that they have the gift of time many years in advance to master their craft, so it is important to ensure that they become good singers but also good musicians. In Emmy's case, we offer some piano training. with her voice lessons, she's fine, yeah, good job, that's what you did, if you can't add instruments to the lessons, you could explore adding some creative musical patterns. Perhaps another way to ensure musicianship is with a really careful selection of repertoire, selecting repertoire for children comes down to these factors appropriate language and content reasonable vocal range a strong melody to develop musicianship and it is enjoyable my recommendation is to start with something fun that the singer absolutely loves this guarantees that they will have a good time if the content is appropriate then we are ready if the vocal range is too high or too low you can always adjust the pitch and as for the melody, remember that always You can recommend another song later, but it is important to start with the child's interest, try to work. with that for a while and then branch out to other repertoire once they like the lessons, an important thing, although even with a song they love, make sure you have the sheet music right in front of them, they might say, but I can.

I don't read music well yet, but this is a way to start by seeing the outline of the line, the notes, the rhythms, the symbols, we can learn a lot in a moment, Emmy will sing us a song, but first, here are some ways to go deeper. on your singing or

teaching

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