Taking the strain out of speaking and singing
Taking the strain out of speaking and singing
Make your voice work better for you
A resonant voice that sounds effortless and confident
And all with absolutely no strain on your throat.
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It’s more than possible, as countless speakers and singers have discovered over the past century.
Until recently the technique they used could be taught only through one-to-one tuition. Now it’s available direct to you as Better Voice, a revolutionary online video- and audio-supported course that enables you to develop your voice in your own time, at your own pace, at your own convenience.
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Better Voice is nothing to do with elocution or accent, and all to do with the vocal quality of the sound you produce. Is it focused and pleasing to the listener? Can it be heard clearly? Does it come across without apparent effort? Does it have staying power? Does it impress the listener with its confidence?
Better Voice is the online version of the long-established White’s Technique. Its key feature is a concentration on the natural resonators in your head. This helps you develop a clear, well-focused voice that carries well, while taking the emphasis away from your throat and your vocal cords. It’s a natural method that removes all strain from the throat, and can even work towards healing any previous damage.
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The Better Voice course for speakers uses video, audio and text to take you through a graduated series of exercises designed to enhance the range and focus of your speaking voice while improving its resonance, authority and stamina, as well as making it more pleasing, interesting and engaging to the listener.
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The Better Voice course for singers takes you through a series of expertly targeted lessons and exercises, complete with video and audio illustrations, covering resonance, focus, range and staying power, enabling you to enhance your performance quality while protecting your voice from strain and damage.
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The Better Voice course for teachers is tailored to the development of a speaking voice that communicates clearly and authoritatively to pupils and students in a learning environment, with the invaluable associated benefits this brings in commanding attention and managing classroom behaviour.
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- the experts behind Better Voice
Better Voice is backed by the E.G. White Society, the charitable trust which continues the work started by the technique’s originator. The technique has a long history of success. As a face-to-face teaching method it has been helping speakers and singers develop and protect their vocal skills for over a hundred years.
Today the technique is accessible worldwide as an online course. And it is constantly evolving in response to particular demands in sectors such as teaching, where our course tutors have been working alongside TES Global, publishers of Tes (Times Educational Supplement), to produce their first comprehensive voice training course for teachers.
The Course Tutor is Jane Farrell, a Trustee of the Society with a long and successful background in academic publishing. She has been a White’s Technique practitioner herself for more than twenty years, both as a speaker and an ensemble and solo singer.
The Course Consultant is Dr Peter Giles, a White’s Technique practitioner and teacher. He is a noted written authority on vocal production and a leading expert on the singing voice.
The Adviser to Better Voice is Professor Graham Welch, PhD, Chair of Music Education at University College London (UCL) Institute of Education, London, UK. He believes: “The approach advocated by the E.G. White Society provides positive suggestions for developing, sustaining and extending healthy voice use across the lifespan.”
Better Voice is brilliant if you have damaged vocal cords. You'll learn how to produce your voice in a way that will allow the damage to heal and prevent any further damage. Obviously if you are having medical treatment you should check with your doctor first, but we can guarantee that our techniques, practised as directed in the courses, will not harm your voice in any way.
Preventing your voice from getting tired is one of the great benefits of Better Voice. Your voice is designed to be used as much as you want. But it will tire when you speak or sing from your throat. With Better Voice you learn how to take your voice out of your throat, which automatically stops it getting tired when you use it a lot.
People who practise Better Voice usually find they become much more confident when they have to use their voice in public. This is because they know they sound good and they know their voice won't let them down. They've also learnt how to breathe and stand better, which allows them to stay more relaxed.
That depends what’s causing the soreness. If it’s the type that comes on when you have to speak or sing a lot, and gets worse the more you use your voice, then Better Voice should certainly help you. This type of sore throat is a sign that you're using your voice in the wrong way, and our courses can deal with that. If your sore throat is the result of an upper respiratory tract infection, then resting your voice as much as possible is the quickest way to get it back to normal. If you have an unexplained sore throat for more than a couple of weeks then consult your doctor.
It's never too late – to learn Better Voice or to do a lot of other things in your life! The Better Voice technique will help keep your voice strong and healthy, which is a great way to sound and feel younger. If you used to sing but had to stop because your voice was no longer up to it, you may well find that our technique gives your singing voice a new lease of life too.
It's not recommended. Your singing teacher is teaching you their way, not our technique. So having lessons from them and practising Better Voice at the same time will be like trying to get somewhere in a car while one of your passengers is giving you one set of directions and another is giving you a completely different set. If you try to mix and match the two sets you're highly likely to get you lost. Your teacher's method may get you where you want to go – though by another route – or it may take you somewhere different that you like less. Ideally you should read what White's Technique can promise you, ask your teacher what their method offers, and then make up your mind whose directions you are going to follow.
It's not ideal, especially at the beginning. Better Voice completely retrains the way you use your voice. But every time you go to choir practice you'll slip back into the same (usually bad) habits of voice production that you've been used to. It's best to take a break from your choir, or any other regular singing, until producing your voice the Better Voice way has become normal and natural for you.
