I auditioned for my school choir today, and I was wondering how a bump or bridge on your nose relates?

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to how your voice is and how you can sing? Can anyone explain that reasoning?

(I also made it into the choir =]. It's reputation is very good. They are going to perform at Carnegie Hall In NYC as well as perform at the ceremonies at the olympics.

Answer 1

Well, in some ways a larger sinus cavity can help resonation, like a church with a very high ceiling is going to sound more impressive than singing in a regular room. but for noses, that all depends on how you use it. you can have the largest cavity in the world, but if you don't fill it with sound, you won't create that big volume sort of sound.... like, bigger ones do have an easier time. ... mine is pretty big, and it has always helped me.

Answer 2

Your nose actually has nothing to do with how well or how not so well you sing.

"Certain country singers to the contrary, humans do not sing with their noses. In fact, what most people refer to as a "nasal" tone has nothing whatsoever to do with the size or condition of the schnozz; in this situation, usually the position of the larynx is too high, crimping a portion of the vocal cord. This closes the back of the throat, directing too much air into the nasal cavity. The result: another graduate of the Jerry Lewis "Hey Ladeeeeee" school of vocal expression.

How do people learn to sound like that? Bad habit mostly; for the most part no one teaches us how to use our vocal cords properly from the start and we talk and sing as we hear sounds, imitatively. Imitation does not always beget good vocal technique.

Vocal teachers work with their students to get them to sing from a position of "low larynx." The vocal cord resonates without being constricted and the throat is open, resulting in pure vocal tone without the nasal whine.

However luscious Barbra's tone might be, it does not resonate through her nose; if it did, you'd be too busy laughing to pay attention to what she was singing. The real glory in her voice comes from the innate beauty of the total sound (lush and full and gorgeous), her ability to smoothly transition from low "chest voice" to high "head voice" (so smoothly you're not even aware she's doing it) and her preternatural breath control. My guess is that she has larger lung capacity than most women, another natural gift.

As for a deviated septum making a difference, well, no. The septum is the cartilage dividing the nasal cavity; a "deviated" septum is one that is improperly formed. It doesn't hurt (except when you sneeze, perhaps). Many people have deviated or abnormal septums and don't suffer any negative effects or even know there's a problem. It only becomes an issue when the deviation impedes breathing, most often through injury or chronic low-grade sinus infection. Neither of those conditions make you a better singer--just the opposite, if anything.

So no, your friend's theory is not true, though you gotta give him points for creativity. If bigger noses automatically made better singers you'd have seen Jimmy Durante and the Big Nose Singers on tour. " http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mbignose.html