How to Sing Better: Singing with Dynamics
Crescendo means to get louder, and decrescendo/diminuendo means to get softer. We want to be able to do either of these without engaging extrinsic interfering muscle.
Increasing volume requires just enough and not too much increased air pressure and a corresponding increase in vocal fold tension. Decreasing volume involves a decrease in air pressure and a corresponding decrease in vocal fold tension.
Tone quality and pitch should remain constant during changes of volume; don’t allow a crescendo or decrescendo/diminuendo to affect intonation or timbre.
To develop better dynamics and vocal control, we use messa di voce exercises- singing gradual crescendo and decrescendo.
This requires great skill. A great messa di voce is the hallmark of the accomplished singer.
The terms messa di voce and mezza voce are sometimes confused; mezza voce means to sing at a reduced volume, as you might do when you are sick or when you have long rehearsals.
Messa di voce is a skillful crescendo/decrescendo.
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