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How do you sing without tension and strain? Tension free singing is healthy singing.
When we chew or eat, we use a muscle called the Digastric Muscle. If you put your fingers behind your chin, you should feel movement when you swallow. The muscle will tense up and lower down from neutral position. However when singing, it is common to have these muscles tense up as well especially when hitting notes.
When hitting high notes, our tendency is to raise our larynx, sing from our throat instead of our diaphragm with proper vocal closure. When using the correct technique, the goal when you sing is to keep the digastric muscles nice and relaxed. Meaning there should be no movement no matter what pitches your reach in your vocal range.
The real test is to have your fingers by your digastric muscles when warming up your voice and practicing a phrase of a song. If you’re doing the proper technique most likely your digastric muscles are resting and feeling soft and fleshy versus hard and tense. Try it out and see how much more relaxed when you sing!
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