I was listening to kpop (don’t judge) and I was wondering what specifically made the singer’s voice sound so pleasant, even though they were singing in a language I don’t understand. Is it something you can practice or is it simply something that you are born with?
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It’s definitely something you can practice. As someone who has studied voice and taken a lot of voice lessons, I’ve been taught that a key to sounding good (both when speaking and singing) is *keeping it in the mask*. This is a pretty ambiguous phrase, but what it basically means is that when singing, the sound should be allowed to resonate around in your sinuses and the cavities in your face. This allows the voice to have rich overtones, regardless of whether or not you have a low or high voice, are male or female. Without it, the voice will sound dull. With it, there is a distinctive *ping* to the voice, a nice brassy quality that is somehow both warm and cutting at the same time.
A side effect of this that I’ve personally experienced is that my speaking voice has become louder and much more clear. I used to constantly have people asking me to speak up, but since learning how to allow my voice to resonate, I can speak without feeling as though I am shouting.
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