TIPS

  • A good practice technique to find resonance is to sing while bent over the back of a chair. Feel the mask of the face (the area around the nose, under the eyes and the top of the teeth) vibrating. This is the body's microphone. Always try to place the tone in the mask of the face.
  • The best kind of nutrition for the voice is water. Water will do many wonderful things for the voice and is also very essential to your body. If you are sick, pineapple juice may clear the throat of phlegm but don't make a habit of anything besides water. Don't drink milk or orange juice before singing. Your voice will sound "blocked" by something. Sugar coats your throat. Imagine trying to stuff maple syrup in a flute to make it sound better!
  • If you are serious about singing, consider investing in proper singing lessons. You can learn a lot from a certified voice teacher, books, or online lessons.
  • There are two different registers of the voice, the head voice and the chest voice. In popular music, singers rarely produce sound for the head voice since it is harder to sound like you are speaking in your head voice. Popular singers do not like to venture much from the speaking voice. The chest voice actually feels like it is coming from the chest. You can feel the registers change if you sing up a scale from your lowest note to your highest note. Your head voice is what you will be using primarily in classical singing. Even though there may be breaks between your registers, you can train and practice to eliminate those breaks. An advanced singer can continually move from chest to head voice and back again without any vocal disturbance.
  • A big area of concern will be the break in your voice. Women and men both have that. It is called the passagio ("passage" in Italian). This place is different for each singer and can be trained to not break when sung through.
  • Get in shape. You'll be able to breathe better if you are in good physical health.
  • Avoid a nasal sound-sing from your diaphragm. If you think you have a nasal sound, try breathing through your nose and your mouth at the same time.
  • Avoid screaming when you are singing. To do this, raise the soft palate (as in drinking through a straw or yawning) and place the tone in the mask of the face.
  • Visualize a column of air rising from your diaphragm, through your chest, and up through your facial mask. This technique will help your vocals be strong and present, and will greatly enhance the ease of singing.
  • It is helpful to imagine a gumball in your mouth. Think of a large round gumball or any object that is round, like a bouncy ball. Thinking of this creates a space in the back of your mouth, allowing a deeper, more mature-sounding voice.
  • Always remember to just be yourself while singing. Remember that even if others don't say so, you will always have a beautiful voice.
  • Sing your heart out. No one knows you better than yourself. If you make a mistake, just remember, nobody's perfect.
  • Emoting isn't about how your face looks, it's about how you feel about the song!
  • Don't yell too much because it can damage your singing voice.
  • Try not to sing from your nose because the sound will not sound well.
  • Don't whisper! Whispering tightens and strains your vocal chords.
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