If you are unaware of what nasal singing is, it is when the singer allows too much air to escape into the naval cavity giving you a rather dull sound similar to that of someone who sounds like a cartoon character.
What a lot of people do not know about this problem is that a small amount of air is actually supposed to escape into the nasal cavity while singing.
In fact the higher you go, the larger volume of air that should be released into the naval cavity.
The hard part is regulating how much.
How does to much air get up into the nasal cavity you ask? Usually it is because the tongue or tension in the throat is obstructing the entrance from the throat to mouth.
Without the usually escape route the pressure must be released somewhere else.
The easiest way to check to see if this is a problem for you is to use a test that I first heard about from Roger Love, a celebrity vocal coach out in L.
A.
who really knows his stuff.
Count to 10 and once you get to the number 5 pinch your nose shut for the remainder of the count.
You may be surprised to know you should not here much of a difference once you pinch your nose.
If you do, you are over nasal.
The other nasal voice is caused by the opposite of the first problem, and that is letting no air into the nasal cavity.
This would give a speaker or singer the sound of someone with a cold.
This sound is not as common in people without a cold.
The reason this often happens is the power of the brain.
The brain keeps a running log of what sounds you make and tries to keep you voice as regular as possible.
Unfortunately, when someone has a cold for several weeks the brain can begin to think that this is your normal sound.
The sound will stay long after the cold is gone.
Although it is not as extreme as when you had the cold, it can have an impact on your tone.
Listen to you voice recorded will help you prevent or fix these problems.
Using exercises to practice control your tone, inflection, and air flow, will remind your brain that you are in control of your voice.