How to Stop Singing So Nasal

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Not everyone who sounds nasal actually is.

Remember, in singing we want everything to be in balance.

In terms of nasality, you can be too nasal or even too oral or mouthy

As a matter of fact, sometimes if you’re not singing nasal at all, it sounds like you have a cold.

Regardless if you go too far in either direction, it’s going to sound bad.

Now, let’s actually talk about what creates that nasality and how you can get rid of it.

Nasality happens when the soft palate or velum is relaxed and lowered, letting the tone go into the nose.

There’s a bit of nasality that occurs naturally in most languages: n, m, ñ and many french vowels are nasalized.

And there’s often an amount of nasality that’s totally fine. Just remember that we don’t want to be too nasal.

I should also point out that some people feel nasality when they’re singing in the top part of their voice. This is totally normal and not always nasal.

You may even hear me singing a bratty or pharyngeal sound which sounds nasal but actually isn’t.

So the first step is to become aware if you’re singing nasal or not and if so, how to fix it. How do you know if you’re actually nasal or not?

Try this: sing Ah, next sing “Ah” and plug your nose. If there’s no change in the tone, it’s not nasal.

However if there’s a change you’ll feel it. I want you to try this any time you feel you’re singing nasal.

Now in addition to feeling your nose, you can also try to consciously channel the sound more out your mouth. This is more “oral” singing because the tone is coming out your mouth.

To do this, you can pretend that you have a cold--this raises the soft palate so that no tone goes into your nose.

You can also do vocal exercises that use “b” consonants

In order to form a “b” consonant, your lips are pressed together and you pass air through your mouth while the soft palate is lifted

This is the difference between a “buh” and “muh” consonant

5T Buh