Day 10: Cord Compression

From: 30 Day Beginner Course with Camille
by Camille van Niekerk
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Description:

Welcome to this next group of lessons where we’ll take what we’ve learned and now work on overall growth. With this lesson, let’s take a look a cord compression, which is the closure of vocal folds during phonation. Weak cord closure would result in a breathy tone versus a strong tone. I’ll walk you through what to do and not to do, so you can sing confidently with healthy adduction and clean tone.

  • What is cord compression, healthy phonation
  • Breathy vs strong singing: demonstrate using Shake It Up
  • Exercise: GUH (pattern: 1-3-2-4-3-5-4-2-1)
  • Cord compression/adduction & breath management
  • Consonants that encourage adduction: G, B, Y
  • Balanced onset (vs. breathy or glottal): demonstrate & practice
  • Don’t: make breathy singing your default. Add breath as an effect, but train your voice for strong, healthy adduction and the resulting clean tone. 
  • Review exercise: GUH 1-3-2-4-3-5-4-2-1


"Shake It Up" Original Song

Verse

There’s a fire deep inside, I can feel it turn the tide

Oh - oh - oh, for the first time

We’re jumpin’ in, waves are strong, but there’s a place where we

belong, oh - oh - oh this is the time

Chorus

To Shake it up, Tear it down, push against the tide

So Shake it up, all around Gonna be alright

Gonna be alright

Audio:

Day 10 - Alto - GUH
Day 10 - Bass - GUH
Day 10 - Soprano - GUH
Day 10 - Tenor - GUH

Lessons:

Instructor: Camille van Niekerk

Camille van Niekerk is a singer, writer and vocal instructor in Southern California. Camille began studying voice and performing in musicals at age seven. In 2010, Camille began working towards her BA in Music Education at Azusa Pacific University. She then earned her teaching credential from San Diego State University and taught classroom choral and instrumental music. Shortly after moving to LA county, Camille began her private vocal studio, providing vocal coaching, ear training, and recording for students of all ages. She is constantly refining her skills and methods for greater versatility and effectiveness. When she is not teaching, Camille enjoys singing with the L.A. Choral Lab and Ensoma Creative. She lives in San Diego with her husband and loves going to the beach, practicing yoga, reading, and cooking.