The most basic and important step to
improve your voice is to warm up. Singing
tends to be a lot about tricking our minds into things. For example, when singing a high note we need to ground ourselves. I try to think downwards when singing high notes and upwards when singing low notes. (If that makes sense.) Before you warm up, make sure you have no tension in your jaw line or cheeks and ensure your soft pallet is lifted. This is a lot like the feeling you get when you’re yawning. When your soft pallet is lifted your throat opens up and you can achieve the best sound possible.
If we warm our voice up in the same way at around the same time every day, it will begin to withstand singing for longer periods of time and even our vocal range will start to increase. Just like if a dancer stretches every day, they will get more flexible.
There are some very important breathing techniques to learn before you even begin to sing. Your breathing is one of the most important parts of singing. Without breathing in the correct way you will not be able to use the full extent of your vocal range and your vocal quality and also be affected; your voice may be very breathy or sound very forced.
Tip 1.
Do not clench your stomach muscles when singing, this actually makes it more challenging. Instead, release your stomach muscles so you have no tension in your stomach and breath in through your nose and out through your mouth, slowly a few times and feel your stomach going out when you breath in and in when you breath out.
Breath in and begin to sing a note your comfortable with singing and slowly pull your stomach in, without clenching any stomach muscles. It is quite hard to breath perfectly when singing, but practise does help with this.
Tip 2.
Only breath in as much as you need for the length of the note you are about to sing. If you breath in too much air, the note might sound forced and if you breath in too little air the note could sound breathy or strained.
Breathing techniques are very difficult to correct yourself. I would suggest to find a
musical theatre singing teacher (or a singing teacher trained in your style) and get him or her to help you.
If we warm our voice up in the same way at around the same time every day, it will begin to withstand singing for longer periods of time and even our vocal range will start to increase. Just like if a dancer stretches every day, they will get more flexible.
There are some very important breathing techniques to learn before you even begin to sing. Your breathing is one of the most important parts of singing. Without breathing in the correct way you will not be able to use the full extent of your vocal range and your vocal quality and also be affected; your voice may be very breathy or sound very forced.
Tip 1.
Do not clench your stomach muscles when singing, this actually makes it more challenging. Instead, release your stomach muscles so you have no tension in your stomach and breath in through your nose and out through your mouth, slowly a few times and feel your stomach going out when you breath in and in when you breath out.
Breath in and begin to sing a note your comfortable with singing and slowly pull your stomach in, without clenching any stomach muscles. It is quite hard to breath perfectly when singing, but practise does help with this.
Tip 2.
Only breath in as much as you need for the length of the note you are about to sing. If you breath in too much air, the note might sound forced and if you breath in too little air the note could sound breathy or strained.
Breathing techniques are very difficult to correct yourself. I would suggest to find a
musical theatre singing teacher (or a singing teacher trained in your style) and get him or her to help you.
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