How to sing without straining or tension? This is the key to singing healthily.
There is a muscle right behind our chin called the Digastric Muscle. This muscle is activated when we chew or swallow. If you put your fingers right behind your chin, you’ll feel your digastric muscles moving. When singing, you want to keep this relaxed. Meaning when you sing a phrase, make sure the muscles don’t tense up or move down or harden. You want it to be a nice, flabby and fleshy feeling not a hard muscle tensing up.
Digastric muscles usually tense up when singing higher notes. Normally our tendency is to pull up, or raise up larynx and use our throat to sing. But remember the power of and source of projecting your notes comes from your diaphragm, proper vocal closure, and core, NOT from your throat. When you integrate those proper technical elements, you will be able to keep the digastric muscles still and relaxed no matter what range of pitch you’re singing in.
So next time when you do a warm up or sing a high note, place a your fingers on the digastric muscles to maintain relaxation. You’ll enjoy singing better and with more ease.
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