Understanding vocal technique & voice science, understanding your students, and finally understanding what your own singing teacher was banging on about
What you'll discover
Unit 1 - Finding out what a vocal exercises does (and doesn't) do. Real life examples of exercises from real singing teachers
Unit 2 - The breathing mechanism - what it does, how to control it, how to apply in singing. breath management, timing & so much more
Unit 3 - How the vocal folds vibrate. Vibration modes, understanding vocal registers & breaks, analysing industry performances
Unit 4 - Resonance! Nasality, mapping your tongue positions, finding your vowels & consonants, seeing examples with MRI video
Unit 5 - The job of a singing teacher, creating accurate lesson plans, analysing real lessons, the "brain dump" method
Lauren
"Wow! A wealth of knowledge shared clearly, which detailed many aspects of vocal teaching and the voice.
I am ready to take the next step in my creative practice. Excellent!"
Becky
"It was great to go in depth with the breathing techniques and I really enjoyed the counting exercise.
The training was extremely well formatted & laid out.
A must for every vocal teacher!"
Dave
"This training was important to me building my confidence as a singing teacher. Linking physiology to diagnosis and problem solving.
Eye opening and the start of a world of new learning. Thank you for reigniting my passion for teaching."
What is included?
NEW! Now includes regular check-ins with the course leaders
Over 60 targeted teaching videos (from 3 minutes to 22 minutes)
Every video is subtitled for easy understanding
Every video is available as a transcript
Multiple course resources including the famous Build Your Own Larynx template
Access is included to our two hour-long CPD Webinars on How We Diagnose
(Webinar 1 - Client Profile, and Webinar 2 - Vocal Technique)
Content and images from our #1 bestselling This Is A Voice book
The vowel box cutout from Gillyanne's bestselling Singing and the Actor book
Examples of MRI footage showing vowels and consonants from the inside
Video of the soft palate from inside the nose, from Jeremy's How Does Your Voice Work video created for London's Science Museum
Examples of industry performances for analysis
Video footage of "breakout sessions" showing real singing teachers working through our exercises and sharing their thoughts and comments - relatable to your studio
A minimum of 12 hours of CPD Certificates included at no extra cost
Example Curriculum
- Hello from Gillyanne and Jeremy (1:04)
- Resources to download
- 1 Opening (3:06)
- 2 The four stages of competence (2:55)
- 3 Teaching is... (2:46)
- 4 Words we use (3:36)
- 5 What are exercises for - instructions (4:49)
- 6 What are exercises for? Breakout part 1 (8:38)
- 7 What are exercises for? Breakout part 2 (19:10)
- 8 How am I using this? (1:54)
- 9 What is breathing? (17:29)
- 10 Breath, and end of Day 1 (13:17)
- 1 What we're covering today (1:47)
- 2 Breath Management (4:08)
- 3 Mechanics of Breath Management (5:37)
- 4 Bernoulli and how it works in singing (8:50)
- 5 Skeleton and anatomy (10:02)
- 6 Ribs, Breathing and Pleural Linkage (8:34)
- 7 Visualizations - Rhythm patterns (9:17)
- 8 Muscles of the Abdomen (9:18)
- 9 What is phonation (9:50)
- 10 How vocal folds make pitch (9:14)
- 11 Four patterns of vocal fold vibration (14:42)
- 12 Singing in M1 or M2 (20:31)
- 1 Analysing M1 M2 Victoria Clark (13:30)
- 2 Layers of the vocal folds (9:46)
- 3 Layers of the vocal folds pt 2 and mixing (6:06)
- 4 Vocal fold layers and elastic bands (2:56)
- 5 What is resonance (10:37)
- 6 The jaw and jaw tension (12:21)
- 7 How useful is a wider jaw? (11:52)
- 8 Breakout 1 with Jeremy on Jaw (19:25)
- 9 Breakout 2 with Anne on Jaw (11:29)
- 10 The soft palate (21:25)
- 1 What exactly is nasality (6:02)
- 2 Finding nasality (3:15)
- 3 Nasal consonants, nasal vowels and straw work (14:33)
- 4 Nasality using Consonants (8:09)
- 5 Seeing inside the voice with MRI (10:04)
- 6 The Tongue Olympics (9:48)
- 7 Mapping your tongue positions with MRI and exercises (10:47)
- 8 Finding your own vowels with the vowel chart (9:25)
- 9 Vowels versus consonants (7:08)
- 10 Finding and working your plosives (9:15)
- 11 Finding and working your fricatives (8:50)
- 12 Finding and replacing the false vowels (6:45)
- 13 Finding and working your nasals (2:48)
- 14 Finding and classifying consonants with Anne pt 1 (13:45)
- 15 Finding and classifying consonants with Anne pt 2 (13:30)
- 16 Day 4 Roundup (1:42)
- 1 Opening and the Core Elements of Music and Voice (3:43)
- 2 Singing teaching is... (8:52)
- 3 Lesson structure (6:36)
- 4 How many targets? (6:15)
- 5 They've got it, what happens next? (6:38)
- 6 Should you demonstrate? (6:27)
- 7 Albert and the brain dump (10:58)
- 8 Sorting the Albert brain dump (8:26)
- 9 Hannah and the brain dump (13:04)
- 10 What would you do with Hannah? (3:22)
- 11 Breakout session with Jeremy - Finding out what Albert does (5:02)
- 12 Breakout session with Jeremy - M1 higher in male voice (7:28)
- 13 Breakout session with Jeremy - M1 higher in female voice (10:34)
- 14 Rounding up and next steps (6:44)
- 15 Congratulations from Gillyanne and Jeremy (1:39)
- How We Diagnose: Client Profile - Handout
- 1 Client Profile - Introduction (0:55)
- 2 Your Role as a Teacher (2:55)
- 3 Client Profile (1:34)
- 4 Voice Type Spoken (4:41)
- 5 Voice as Instrument (6:51)
- 6 Energy Type (8:22)
- 7 Processing Mode (7:38)
- 8 Age (13:11)
- 9 Level (5:37)
- 10 Belief About Singing (2:58)
- 11 Should You Demonstrate? (4:52)
- 12 Task (3:12)
- 13 Next Webinar (0:26)
- Client Profile - Embedding your knowledge
- Congratulations on completing Webinar 1
- How We Diagnose: Vocal Technique - Handout
- 1. Vocal Technique - Introduction (0:57)
- 2. The 8 Categories (0:15)
- 3. Pitching (13:13)
- 4. Range (7:17)
- 5. Volume (4:07)
- 6. Voicing (8:56)
- 7. Breath and Support (10:55)
- 8. Balance of Effort (2:42)
- 9. Resonance (7:29)
- 10. Articulation (7:25)
- 11. Task (0:57)
- 12. Coming Up (0:55)
- Vocal Technique - Embedding your knowledge
- Congratulations on completing Webinar 2
- 1 Your starter for 10 (3:18)
- 2 What differentiates genres (10:30)
- 3 Tongue positions in different languages (6:47)
- 4 Do you like the genre (5:50)
- 5 Working with fusion styles (5:02)
- 6 What to listen for in a new genre (2:38)
- 7 Working with jazz (6:48)
- 8 Improvisation lego blocks and cadenzas (3:27)
- 9 Wrapup and resources to watch (3:29)
- TPS Mar24 1 How much breath do you need (7:53)
- TPS Mar24 2 Timing and backphrasing (6:26)
- TPS Mar24 3 Defining Legit (2:34)
- TPS Mar24 4 Phrasing and rhythm (1:56)
- TPS Mar24 5 What else impacts on breathing patterns (8:48)
- TPS Mar24 6 Student breathiness volume and airspeed (10:38)
- TPS Mar24 7 Rebalancing glottals (3:32)
- TPS Mar24 8 Breathiness Billie Eilish and airspeed (10:07)
- TP 0224 1 What is an exercise (2:37)
- TP 0224 2 Analysing Gillyanne exercise (6:38)
- TP 0224 3 Analysing Joanna Droopy Face exercise (2:25)
- TP 0224 4 Analysing the MeMeyMaMoMu exercise (13:38)
- TP 0224 5 Analysing the NG siren (15:38)
- TP 0224 6 Katie using stretch bands for register changes (8:36)
- TP 0224 7 Working with people in wheelchairs (9:43)
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Who we are
We are Dr Gillyanne Kayes (singing voice specialist) and Jeremy Fisher (vocal & performance coach).
We're both avid tea drinkers - Gillyanne loves builder's tea and first flush Darjeeling, Jeremy's a black-tea-no-sugar Ceylon drinker, but his favourite tea-du-jour is Royal Blend from Fortnum & Mason in London.
We've co-taught for more than 25 years all over the world.
We've written 11 books on vocal technique,
including five Amazon #1 bestsellers.
We've been creating vocal training resources since 2004, including courses, DVDs, CDs, ebooks, the Build Your Own Larynx template and most recently the amazing online Learning Lounge with over 600 voice training resources.
We love helping people find and share their truth as teachers and performers.
Cheers!
