024 Using Straw Phonation to Enhance Your Vocal Warm Up

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Today, we will have a prop-related episode - we will talk about straw phonation. I'll share three techniques to start practicing straw phonation in two different ways, doing straw work in water and doing straw work out of water. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">What You Will Learn In This Episode:</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">- What is straw phonation, and how it can help us in our voicing</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">- The simple techniques to practice straw phonation in and out of water</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">- What are the differences and different effects in the type of straw we choose to do our phonation</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Straw phonation can improve the connection to lower abdominal support. It can encourage vocal fold alignment or closure, and it can promote an efficient, unregulated, subglottic air pressure, which will eventually help reduce vocal fatigue. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Resources: </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">- Book on to Ultimate Accent Toolkit</span> <a href= "https://nic-redman.mykajabi.com/course-ultimateaccenttoolkit"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> https://nic-redman.mykajabi.com/course-ultimateaccenttoolkit</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">- Another podcast on SOVT & singing</span> <a href= "https://www.thenakedvocalist.com/podcast/42/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://www.thenakedvocalist.com/podcast/42/</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">- Buy an SOVT straw</span> <a href="https://www.rayvox.co.uk/?ref=NICREDMAN"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://www.rayvox.co.uk/?ref=NICREDMAN</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">- The Voice Straw</span> <a href="https://voicestraw.com"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://voicestraw.com</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">- Research paper on WRT (water resistance therapy)</span> <a href= "https://pubmed