16 The Singer’s Smile and the Belt Mouth: Best Exercises Ever

Looking at some great belters while live singing, you might recognize that they all have a very expressive face. Sometimes, it looks like they would like to bite you with their tones!

Their facial expression has a very good reason because without activating certain muscles in your face, you cannot reach a good voice placement.

With the following exercises, you can train to get the right belt mouth position and the so-called “singer’s smile.”

The vowel trapeze with English vowels in my book "Belt Voice Training – Singing with a Belting Voice,” shows you the position of English vowels in the oral cavity.