I have a 10 year old girl with a beautiful unaffected pure voice but it is tiny ! how to I get her to project?

We'd really need to hear her to see what's making it tiny - it could be many things (perhaps her throat isn't open enough, or maybe her chords are too tight - she could be singing in flageolet coordination, perhaps there isn't enough resonance and a couple of postural things would help).

Any chance you can post a recording of her voice ? I wouldn't be comfortable offering any advice until I've heard her - I don't know about the others.

One thing you could try with her that isn't dangerous is to ask her to imagine she's laughing at the same time as singing - if that works and the sound is stronger, then there's a chance that it was a constriction problem.

I agree with rosfrog ...

May I just also say that many children in that age-group have quite small voices, so if her "tiny" voice could still be normal and doesn't need any additional work.

I just finished teaching a 9-year-old who also has a very small voice, but she is very musical, and her voice is, above all, healthy. I would, at this stage, not dare to rip it open just to make her project more.

Bottomline: Not possible to say if it is normal of not (and, in the latter case, what to suggest) without actually hearing her ...

As someone whose voice is quiet (very annoying to me), I can definitely say that laughing will bring the full volume out.

Also, many little girls have REALLY soft, delicate voices at certain ages. That does tend to change at some point...

Although having said that, one of my friends (we're both 31 years old) has a lovely singing voice, but it is SO QUIET. So is her speaking voice. She's a "low talker" (Seinfeld reference). I once asked her why she was so quiet when she sings, and she says she can't help it and it's a mental block. Interesting.

Thankyou for your advice, I will certainly try the'laughing' exercise and see that helps

In my experience, when I was at school and the whole school was singing (this is when I was a teenager, not a little girl), I'd be singing in this TINY voice...I couldn't hear myself over everyone else, and it just felt like I was "mumble-singing", but at the same time if ever I tried to sing louder to hear myself, I'd get light-headed and feel I was straining. Then several times during one of these things, someone would say or do something and I'd laugh, and suddenly I could hear my voice easily over the other people...so...yeah. It came out MUCH louder and easier.

I don't however know how exactly to combine the laughing (loudness, effortless projection) AND the singing (control, nice tone) though, I'm afraid!!