hey
is it important to really move ur face or mouth when singing
my choir teacher encourages us to be melodrama and widen our eyes etc when singing.
what does this do?
i mean obviously u need to open ur mouth when singing, but still........

My music teacher tells us to widen our eyes, and smile lots too. I think it helps to get your resonators working to produce a better sound. Also, over-emphasised mouth shapes help you to pronounce words and create stronger and more controlled vocal sounds.

I'm pretty sure this is why they say to do it. And obviously if you're performing on stage it adds emphasism and character to your performance too!

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hey laura
u seem to be really helpful to me.
so thanks for all ur help!
just wanted to let u knoew that my piano teacher is talking about me doing my grade 1 piano exam and i just want to know (since u did yours last year) what's involved and everything like that
thanks one again
your 15 as well aren't you
do u live in australia
sorry, i should probably just read your profile
also u seem to be helpful with ur tips on singing, got any more?
if u want post ur email address up on here and i will email u and we can talk, only if u want to
oops, this probably wasn't the right forum to put all this in....sorry

Acting is one thing and singing another, although they may come together as in musicals and opera.

If you pay attention to the face of professional singers performing, you will see that some of them gesticulate quite a lot (Villazon or C. Bartoli, just to name two) while others are more static.

Moving the mouth parts is necessary to adapt its position to the different vowels, but not necessarily so much as to become too much evident. It depends on the technique the singer has learnt and developed.

In choirs it should be different. Choirs are basically to be heard more than to be seen. When I sang in the university chorus as a student, were were told in general not to "dance" with the music or make exaggerated movements of any sort. i.e, uniformity is (or maybe, was) the word in good choirs.

But if your director wants you to stare at the public with big round eyes and move your face as much as you can it should be OK, he/she is in charge and that is his/her style.

Hi 'musicfan' (didn't catch your name!)

I sent you an email to your profile on 8notes...glad I was helpful!!

Speak to u soon,

Laura

I think it is important to be expressive when singing. i used to watch my sisters sing in choirs and solos and they always used their faces to pull the audience in to the performance. and last term my singing teacher told me i had to use it so i could get a better mark and i did and i got a better mark. so i think its important but it also sorta depends on what you're singing. happy singing