UnicornForm posted on Sep 29, 2009
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- Never strain! Your head should always be in a normal position, and should never move up or down for note purposes.
- Be sure to warm up your voice, it will allow best results and will help prevent injury.
- Do not sing too much (if at all) if you have a sore throat. You're more likely to decrease your range than increase it.
- If you feel any pain in your throat, stop!
- If you really like a song, but you have to 'step the song down' by transposing to avoid losing your voice, if at all possible, do that. It is not a sign of weakness, you may be sensible by doing that, or just do a different song altogether.
- The voice you hear in yourself is not the one being projected outside so try recording your self sing and improve from that standard.
- Most important of all? Concentrate on singing, and only singing. Keep remembering the ease you need to feel in singing, and the pitch you are trying to produce -- not what you'll be doing later in the day!
- Think low. If you imagine the note is low rather than high, it will seem easier to sing- you won't be straining your voice.
- Repeat. throughout a period of time until you get the desired results.
- Take your time. High notes are not that easy so do it bit by bit.
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- Get a voice teacher to help you. You are more likely to accomplish something with a professional at your side. If you can't get a voice teacher, you'll have to work at home. It would be best to have some instrument at your side that will go high. The best choice would be a piano or keyboard if one is available.
- Practice, practice, practice!!!
- You want to make your sound pretty. The best way to do this is by imagining you grabbing your voice, take it from the bottom of your throat, to the top of your head. You want your sound to be from up there, not straining from the bottom of your throat.
- Keep a wide space in your mouth by making a 0 shape and keeping your tongue down.
- Don't give up, you probably won't get the results you want the first time, but the more you work at it, the better you'll get.
- Do NOT try to push your voice, as it is poor breathing and unhealthy.
- Remember, your range can only go as far as you were born to have, a female soprano will never be a bass. You should be able to have at least 2 octaves with work.
- These same tips apply for singing low notes, except play low notes with your instrument.
- Use warm-ups that concentrate on the front of your mouth and lips to bring the sound out of your throat. Ex: Mamma made me mash my M & M's - moving up and down in scales
- Another Good Technique for singing high notes is to first sing as low as you can go, this streches your vocal chords so that when you sing higher they don't tighten as quickly increasing your range. Never strain when singing below your range as your voice may crack, causing you to lose your high notes.
- An easy way to know that you're producing your high notes correctly is to place a finger on your larynx (voice box or "Adam's apple"), then sing up a scale to see if your larynx moves up higher on your neck. If so, this is the INCORRECT method. This is the most common mistake made by amateur singers. To overcome this will take time, patience and a lot of staring in your mirror. My voice coach also made me hold my tongue with my fingers and sing to feel when my tongue was getting in the way of the sound. Don't take these methods overboard to "force" the correct sound to come out. Simply use this as a test like you would use a level to see if something is straight.
- It is best to know your range. Men especially take a long time to build range, and it doesn't help to force high notes that aren't ready to come out.
- My throat really hurts. What should I do? Stop.
- Once again, NEVER push your voice. It can result in damage to your vocal chords which may be permanent (google vocal nodes. It's what happened to Julie Andrews and it can happen to you!).
- Try not to drink or eat something cold.
- Watch celebrities who can hit high notes and watch to see if there are any special things they do, and then try them out. (Some singers who can hit high notes really well are Whitney Houston, Celine Dion, and Mariah Carey.)
- Despite popular belief, hot tea and lemon are both bad for you voice. Anything that is extremely hot or cold will hurt your voice. Lemon drys out your voice. The best things for your voice are simple vitamins and room temperature water. It also can cause a poor performance if you eat or drink 1 hour before singing.
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