How do you stop nasal singing?

How do I stop using my swallowing muscles when I'm singing?

• I read on the net that it helps your voice if you make your swallowing muscles stop moving when you sing higher or lower notes when you're singing. How do I train my voice to do that though? I hope this isn't to hard to understand lol. thanks

• Answer:

  Firstly, say this sentence in a very dopey tone. “I want to sing with better tone thereby erasing all my tone problems in singing” As you do this, notice how rich your voice sounds when you use this dopey voice. The reason for this richness, is you are using your swallowing muscles to gently pull your larynx downwards. This lengthens the space that your sounds waves bounce around in and become amplified, which gives your voice the rich character. Now, this next step will surprise you. For this step you need to use the most nasal voice you can muster. Got it? Great. Now, I only want you to do this once, because this part of the exercise actually encourages bad vocal technique. I just want you to see how big an impact your swallowing muscles are having on your singing. Ok, sing “AHHHHHHHH” on your highest note. And once you are there, try and force it up to the next note. (Just do it for a second, and then stop) Can you feel how tight things get in your throat? And also, listen to how your tone becomes very “forced” and “unpleasant sounding”. Quite frankly, when you do this exercise, your tone quality sucks! The reason it sounds like this, is your swallowing muscles are forcing your larynx upwards, thereby decreasing the space in which your tone becomes amplified in. trying your diaphgram support and bending over high notes and putting your throat parallel to floor will help you to minimize your swallwing....