How to Phrase Words When Singing

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Summary: Learn some great tips on how to properly phrase words while you are singing with singing and vocal training tips in this free online vocal coaching video clip.

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Larissa Lam has almost 20 years of professional singing experience and has studied under top vocal coaches in Los Angeles. She has coache... read more

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How to Phrase Words When Singing

Larisa Lam here on behalf of Expert Village, where continuing our series on practical singing tips and vocalization. Well a lot of people ask me how can I sing Better. Well it takes a lot of years to build up to the point where maybe you can be considered professional. Some people are born with a natural talent, but even if you?re born with a natural talent. You still need to learn practical basic breathing techniques that are important to have proper singing. This is a way where going to be singing called phrasing. Now keeping in mind phrasing, it just means where you breathe, at the beginning at the end of each phrase or verse or sentence in a song. You have to breathe at parts that make sense rather then in the middle which is why, some people run out of air maybe half way through a verse and have take a big breath and it sounds really choppy. So I'm going to try to help you phrase properly in singing. Where going to take Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. ''Twinkle Twinkle little star How I Wonder What You Are?? So the natural phrasing is. ''Twinkle Twinkle Little Star'' take a breath ''How I Wonder What You Are'' take a breath '' Up Above The World So High'' take a breath ''Like A Diamond In The Sky'' take a breath "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" How I Wonder What You Are'' now you can also change it up a little bit get a little fancy. ''How I Wonder What You Are" So you can a breath for stylist reasons in between a phrase, but more importantly. It should be in a natural phrase. ''Twinkle Twinkle Little Star'' So that was all one breath and I was expanding my diaphragm when I breathe out or breathing in as you say with your lungs, but breathing out with your diaphragm. And then as I'm singing the phrase, I'm contracting my diaphragm. Hopefully you can practice those phrasings and you'll improve your singing style.