Did you know that your beautiful singing is just an organized grouping of noise? It’s true. When you sing a note your pharyngeal and oral resonators create a series of frequencies called Formant Frequencies which we hear as a specific vowel and the character of your individual and unique voice. But if you are not singing with proper support, or without complete laryngeal closure, some of the sound comes out as random frequency fluctuations and unwanted noise.
For instance, sing a note on a simple “ah” vowel. Now look at the image. Your vowel Formant Frequencies should be in the 700 to 1100 Hz range, while your “singer” formant frequencies are averaged around 2700 Hz. This is a normal spacing and range for a singer’s tone.
If, however, your spectrogram showed some random frequencies in between your vowel formants and your singer formants, say in the 2000 Hz range, we would hear noise in the voice.
“Ack! Noise?! How do I get rid of it?”
I’m glad you asked. Vocal noise can be removed with the proper use and practice of the Systematized Approach I teach in my studio. With a little work using the vocal exercises your vowels will be purer and have more integrity. And whether you sing with a microphone or project straight off of the stage, a singer with better formant integrity will be able to sing longer, and with more stamina.
So what are you waiting for? Let’s get the noise out!
