An Introduction to Vocal Faggotry, Part 2: The Technique

Yes, this is Younha showing off her cleavage, and yes this picture is relevant to the article.

Welcome to part two of the introduction to vocal pedagogy, in this part I will teach you about the science that is behind the voice. Hopefully, you'll be able to come away from this article with knowledge on strain, resonance, pitch, support etc.

In a nutshell, vocal pedagogy (vocal technique) is the study of the science in the field of singing. Since vocal technique is directly related to science, it is a good way to use it to judge a vocalist or a performance accurately and objectively. Vocal pedagogy consists of the following:

• Physiology of singing
• Breathing in singing
• Posture
• Phonation
• Intonation
• Resonace
• Tone production
• Vibrato
• Vocal articulations
• Vocal diction
• Vocal registrations
• Vocal health
• Vocal styles
• Voice classifications
• Coloratura

This shall be explained after the jump, like the previous post, this is also very text heavy so I've tried to break it up with nice images.