How to Belt: 4 Steps for Singers

You know that voice—the one that shakes the rafters and makes the hair on the back of your neck stand up. From Ethel Merman to Patti LuPone to Idina Menzel, audiences have loved the big Broadway belt—and you would probably love to do it yourself. So we asked Backstage Expert and voice teacher Andrew Byrne for healthy tips on how singers can learn to belt it out!

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Breakdown:
0:10 - Differences between belting, and singing like an opera singer
0:22 - Breathing and belting
0:39 - The problem with over breathing for a belt
0:53 - An exercise for singers who struggle to belt
1:10 - What you should be listening for in your voice
1:20 - The false vocal cord
1:36 - An exercise for widening your throat
2:10 - The importance of back muscles

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