‘Singing without tension’, ‘boosting your voice’, or ‘hitting top notes’ are the most popular searches on the Internet related to vocal arts. I am sure that, primarily, it is your mind that should be relaxed and it is your brain that should be boosted. Before you actually start singing high notes it is important to gain an understanding of what the world of music, singing, and voice are. If you are already an exceptionally gifted singer, this information is of no use to you! Keep on singing or whatever you may call it.

Here are some practical tips for support singing from our vocal teacher Elvira Tkachenko. Once again you’ll hear that good and quickly seldom meet. Singing is a lifelong learning: no matter how much you achieve, never stop developing your skills for there’s always room for improvement.

Not long ago our friends' family decided to go to the Bolshoi Theatre to watch a Christmas performance. The father of the family slept peacefully through the entire musical play waking up only between the acts. The tickets cost him an arm and a leg, that’s why he still remembers clearly its title. He really got off lightly and even didn’t end up with a headache that evening. Dear vocalists! If you don’t want your audience to fall fast asleep at your performance, but experience powerful emotions, you have to learn to sing properly. Bel canto isn’t an unattainable ideal, it’s singing as it is! Singing in a way that mesmerizes the audience and captures their imagination.

Dear friends and vocalists! This video differs from the rest because this time I am not giving any practical advice on how to improve your singing. This video is a small part of my set of lectures on vocal art. The majority of my students prefer the academic singing style and perform classical pieces.

Dear friends! This video is called On Creating Vocal Images. Don’t underestimate the importance of this topic if you want to sing both beautifully and properly.