As a vocal coach one of the things I hear quite often is, “I just want a good voice,” or, “A voice that people really like.”

Often times singers, in an effort, to develop a, “good voice,” will obsess over things like hitting high notes or singing with a lot of power, or singing licks.

All of these things are great to have in a singing voice.  But, there is one specific element that is often overlooked in a singers training, an element that really is most responsible for listeners really liking a singers voice.

That element is resonance.  Or more particularly a relaxed, natural resonance.

Resonance is a secondary harmonic pitch caused in the head cavities.  The initial sound is produced in the vocal cords and this sound, if singing is done with ease, resonates upwards into the head cavities.

At this point if the singer has the skill to focus resonance properly into the mask, as suits the pitch and style of the song, it opens up all sorts of style embellishments and different types of tones.

Resonance is responsible for most of the tone in the voice and the ability of a singer to sing loudly with power and range, easily.   Without resonance a voice sounds shouty and forced and the range sounds like it hits a ceiling very quickly, not only in range but in harmonic overtones.

The more resonance a voice has the more harmonic overtones it will have.  The more harmonic overtones a voice has the more beautiful it will sound.

This however just doesn’t happen, if you sing with an open throat.  You need to learn to focus resonance.

You can learn to focus resonance through my course at: www.vocalrelease.com