BAST trainer and founder Line Hilton joins Alexa for another instalment in the ongoing series ‘The Best Vocal Exercises for’. This week they are discussing "chest voice", the lower part of a vocal range. Find out what a vocal register is, how many we have, why this is a heavily debated topic, how to identify and access the "chest voice" and how singing teachers can create the best vocal exercises for accessing it.

KEY MOMENTS

‘A register is just an area of your range’ 
‘Anything from G4 down for females is chest, and for males anything from D4 down is chest’
‘I’ve heard people belting up to F5 but if they go beyond that it might all fall apart’ 
‘It might be harder for a shy person who doesn’t have a loud voice to find this register’ 
‘Those who are extroverts tend to over engage their TA and are prone to vocal fold issues’ 

RELEVANT LINKS & MENTIONS

• Singing Teachers Talk Podcast - Ep. 62 How to Choose the Best Vocal Exercises with Line Hilton
• Singing Teachers Talk Podcast - Ep. 73 The Best Vocal Exercises for Laryngeal Stability with Line Hilton
• Singing Teachers Talk Podcast - Ep. 83 The Best Vocal Exercises for Sick Voices with Line Hilton
• Singing Teachers Talk Podcast - Ep. 44 Exploring Vocal Registers with Chris Johnson
• The work of Dr Ingo Titze
• BAST Blog - Case Study: Working with Shy Singers: https://www.basttraining.com/case-study-working-with-shy-singers/
• BAST Blog - Case Study: The One with the Yelly Child: https://www.basttraining.com/case-study-the-one-with-the-yelly-child/
• Singing Teachers Talk Podcast - Ep. 59 Top Tongue Tips for Boosting High Frequency Energy with Kerrie Obert
• Repertoire mentioned: Adele; Jessie J; Elton John; Billy Joel; Ed Sheeran; Ella Fitzgerald; Dianne Reeves; Cassandra Wilson; Mark Murphy; Kurt Elling
• Singing Teachers Talk Podcast - Ep. 110 Articulation and Singing: Assessing Jaw Behaviour with Chris Johnson
• Singing Teachers Talk Podcast - Ep. 65 The Top Benefits of Vocal Massage with Lydia Flock
• Singing Teachers Talk Podcast - Ep. 74 Understanding Manual Therapy with Walt Fritz
• BAST Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@basttraining

EPISODE RESOURCES 

Guest Website: 

• www.basttraining.com

Social Media:

• @basttraining

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