When is efficiency a problem?
When I was doing my PhD in pedagogy and voice science, so much of the conversations we had in my department around teaching singing had...
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Dr. Heather Nelson
- Nov 8, 2022
- 3 min
Pay attention to THIS! No wait, THAT!
Teaching singers is more than just singing through songs over and over and over. Holistic singing lessons includes combining neuro...
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Dr. Heather Nelson
- Nov 1, 2022
- 4 min
Goals for the Casual Client
There's a big industry around goal-setting and planning, and much of the mindset of the culture of goal setting has crept into the voice...
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Dr. Heather Nelson
- Sep 27, 2022
- 5 min
What to expect as singers age
"Aging" is practically a dirty word in many Western cultures. Even in the singing world we tend to be obsessed with youth, often for very...
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Dr. Heather Nelson
- Jul 25, 2022
- 4 min
Wanna learn something new? Sleep on it.
There's no way around it. Sleep is essential for life. And the quality of your sleep can directly affect how well some of your life...
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Dr. Heather Nelson
- Jul 17, 2022
- 6 min
Analyzing Research on Register Transitions
Lately I've been on a bit of a kick, writing some straight up vocal science posts that are making me happy. I love me a good research...
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Dr. Heather Nelson
- Jul 10, 2022
- 5 min
Love Your Ears
There's a ton of discussion about vocal health in the singing world, and how to keep our voices healthy over a (hopefully) long career....
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Dr. Heather Nelson
- Jul 3, 2022
- 5 min
Sing Bright Like a Diamond
Harmonics are nifty. It's just one aspect of voices that I find endlessly fascinating. How singers use and manipulate harmonics is a...
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Dr. Heather Nelson
- Jun 5, 2022
- 5 min
Phonation Threshold Pressure: What it is and why you care
This is gonna be a straight up voice science post, just talking about phonation threshold pressure. Because science is fun, and voices...
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Dr. Heather Nelson
- Jun 1, 2022
- 3 min
Sumer is Icumen in, lhude sing "what continuing ed am I going to do??"
I love me a good Medieval music pun. There are so few opportunities for them! (If you also love Medieval music, here's info on one of the...
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Dr. Heather Nelson
- May 22, 2022
- 4 min
How to start a fight among voice scientists
There was a running joke when I was doing my PhD work that to have a good time at a voice research conference, walk into the room and...
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Dr. Heather Nelson
- May 15, 2022
- 3 min
The first step in teaching clients who are older than you.
Here it is: Remember that you will be that client one day. And treat them the way you want to be treated. We expect to get older, but...
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Dr. Heather Nelson
- May 8, 2022
- 4 min
There's always pressure in your singing.
And that's not necessarily a bad thing! I'm talking specifically about air pressure that is happening at all times along the vocal tract,...
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Dr. Heather Nelson
- May 1, 2022
- 3 min
A Choir of One: Teaching Choral Pedagogy in the Private Lesson
I love choirs. I mean, I luuuuuuuv choirs! I love to conduct them, sing in them, listen to them, plan for them. All the things. Choirs...
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Dr. Heather Nelson
- Apr 24, 2022
- 4 min
SOVTEs: All The Cool Kids Are Doing Them!
You've likely heard and even used straw phonation in your voice studio, but why have straws become an essential tool in voice studio?...
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Dr. Heather Nelson
- Apr 17, 2022
- 3 min
First, do no harm.
I don't think any one of us would be surprised when I say that being human can be hard. Being a singer can be hard. And sometimes the...
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Dr. Heather Nelson
- Mar 21, 2022
- 4 min
Do Your Own Research
There's hardly a phrase that's been overused and under-understood in the past two years more than "Do your own research." Research is a...
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Dr. Heather Nelson
- Mar 13, 2022
- 5 min
Learning styles: Too good to be true?
Spoiler: Yes, it probably is. But let's not throw the baby out with the bathwater. Learning styles are the idea that because of a...
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Dr. Heather Nelson
- Feb 27, 2022
- 4 min
The Central Nervous System: A Basic Primer for Singers
All singing begins in the brain. And so it can be helpful to understand how the brain and the sundry parts of it are made and connected...
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Dr. Heather Nelson
- Feb 20, 2022
- 3 min
Three types of nerves in the body and the voice
Our bodies are full of nerves all over the place, communicating, observing, and acting. We've got three types of nerves that keep us...
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