5 Helpful Exercises to Reduce Tongue Tension When Singing

Like most young singers, I struggled with tongue tension when I first started training and occasionally have to revisit this issue in my own singing. In fact, most singers suffer from a bit of tongue tension at some point in their careers. Tongue tension or tongue root tension (you may hear it both ways) could be caused by our accent, how we shape our vowels, singing too loudly, too much breath pressure or other breath support problems, muscle coordination in the larynx, unhelpful techniques, anxiety, etc.