Your voice and posture: the omohyoid muscle

The Omohyoid muscle.

A unique muscle bringing awareness to your voice and posture. The omohyoid muscle originates at the scapula (your shoulder blade) and attaches to the hyoid bone, a bone that lies at the base of the mandible and is a point of attachment for a lot of muscles that control the larynx and hence, your voice. The omohyoid muscle assists with depressing the larynx whilst singing.

Try this postural exercise when singing and see if you can feel the freedom in your shoulder blades: Feel the tips of your shoulders grow wide when you release sound. A good way to feel this is to stand in a door frame, place your hands against each side and gently press the heels of your hands into the door frame, feeling for an opening through the shoulders.

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