Elevate Your Singing Voice With These Quick Ideas

Nov 4
10:09

2011

Paul Rainer

Paul Rainer

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We all have singing voices, of course eveyone thinks they can sing when singing in the shower or belting out tune along with radio while driving. And that is why all of us have a special sound.

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We all have singing voices,Elevate Your Singing Voice With These Quick Ideas Articles of course we all think we sound great when singing in the shower or belting out tune along with radio while driving. In this fact we all have a unique voice. But no matter how bad or good you sound, there is always room for improvement and to sound even better. With the access to the internet you now have the ability to pick from great vocal coaches and singing programs and make a vast improvement in your singing voice.

Pointers for improvementThere are some very subtle ways that when put into practice can have an immediate improvement on your singing voice. A very important area is breath control. Without proper breath control your singing will be very shaky and you will not be able to hit notes properly. All breath is controlled from you diaphragm when singing. Most people will take deep breaths into their chest, you have to break this habit and only breathe from your diaphragm.

In order to avoid being a chest breather you need to inhale through your nose deep into your stomach. If your chest is going out when you breathe and not your stomach you are not breathing from the diaphragm. Learning this control helps a singer breath easier, have more breath for performance, and push out notes with more control.

Getting a handle on pitchPitch can be an issue for a lot of singers. A big issue for a singer is not getting perfect on the pitch. When trying to hit a note they end up falling on the lower half of the pitch as they come up to the note. What you want to do if you continually find yourself in this position, is to come from above the note and landing on perfect pitch. If you seem to always be on the bottom of a note, put more passion and force into your singing to get to the correct pitch.

Proper vowel sounding for clarityI can't stress enough why correct vowel sounding is important to your singing. It can make the difference between sounding smooth or like you are screeching. Improper vowels sounding will have just the opposite affect and you can sound like a cat in heat. Once you learn the proper position the production position of vowels, you will have confidence that your sound is smooth and clear.

Your audience will enjoy your performance all that much more when your diction is precise and clear. For quartets, choirs, or any group singing it is even more critical. Most people don't pronounce vowels sounds the same and so even simple words can have a completely different sound. ust think of some people say mom? It can either sound like "Mahm" or "Mawm". So without proper vowel sound coming from the group as a whole, it would be a very unclear performance.

A lot of singers simply don't open their mouths wide enough and this limits what is called our vertical mouth opening. This can make some vowels sounds harsh, so you need to open up.

An important aspect of good singing is to smoothly transition from one note to another without any noticeable movement either up or down. To accomplish everything we have talked about requires vocal exercise. Practicing breathing, neutral posture, vibrato, vocal registers, and belting. Like anything if you want to improve you need practice and effort. Vocal training can be a great investment if you are serious about your singing, and with the internet you can learn from the best without breaking the bank.